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Mechanisms of covalent self-assembly of the Azoarcus ribozyme from four fragment oligonucleotides.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Feb 2008
Draper Will E, Hayden Eric J, Lehman Niles
Abstract excerpt
RNA oligomers of length 40-60 nt can self-assemble into covalent versions of the Azoarcus group I intron ribozyme. This process requires a series of recombination reactions in which the internal guide sequence of a nascent catalytic complex makes specific interactions with a complement triplet, CAU, in the oligomers. However, if the CAU were mutated, promiscuous self-assembly may be possible, lessening the...
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