1995
A UV-induced, Mg(2+)-dependent crosslink traps an active form of domain 3 of a self-splicing group II intron.
Podar M, Dib-Hajj S, Perlman P. A UV-induced, Mg(2+)-dependent crosslink traps an active form of domain 3 of a self-splicing group II intron. RNA 1995, 1: 828-40. PMID: 7493328, PMCID: PMC1369323.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Group II introns deleted for multiple substructures retain self-splicing activity.
Koch J, Boulanger S, Dib-Hajj S, Hebbar S, Perlman P. Group II introns deleted for multiple substructures retain self-splicing activity. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1992, 12: 1950-1958. PMID: 1569932, PMCID: PMC364365, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.5.1950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup II intronsSplice site selectionSelf-splicing activitySplice junctionsDomain 2Domain 5Domain 1Essential catalytic coreYeast mitochondrial DNASecondary structure elementsCoxI geneSelf-splicing reactionMitochondrial DNAPrecursor RNAMutant intronsCatalytic coreIntron domainsTriple deletionIntronsTrans assaySingle deletionSecondary structureDomain 6DeletionStructure elements