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RNA chaperone StpA loosens interactions of the tertiary structure in the td group I intron in vivo.
Genes & development - 1 Sept 2002
Waldsich Christina, Grossberger Rupert, Schroeder Renée
Abstract excerpt
Efficient splicing of the td group I intron in vivo is dependent on the ribosome. In the absence of translation, the pre-mRNA is trapped in nonnative-splicing-incompetent conformations. Alternatively, folding of the pre-mRNA can be promoted by the RNA chaperone StpA or by the group I intron-specific splicing factor Cyt-18. To understand the mechanism of action of RNA chaperones, we probed the impact of StpA on...
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