In vitro characterization of the splicing efficiency and fidelity of the RmInt1 group II intron As a means of controlling the dispersion of its host mobile element

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2000-2010

  Chillón, Isabel ^a,b,c   Molina Sánchez, María Dolores ^a,c   Fedorova, Olga ^b,c   García Rodríguez, Fernando Manuel ^a   Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group II intron; Ribozyme; RmInt1; RNA circles; Splicing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOZYME; RMINT1 GROUP II INTRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSPOSON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BASE PAIRING; DISPERSION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EXON; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPLICEOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXONS; INTRONS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84911463934     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.047407.114     Document Type: Article

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