Phylogenetic comparative analysis and the secondary structure of ribonuclease P RNA — a review

doi:10.1016/0378-1119(89)90031-0

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Volume 82, Issue 1, 15 October 1989, Pages 65-75

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Abstract

The most incisive a priori approach to inferring the higher order structure of large RNAs has proven to be the use of phylogenetic comparisons. This article provides guidelines to the method, using as an illustration the elucidation of the secondary structure of the catalytic RNA subunit of ribonuclease P (RNase P). The resultant structure is compared to the possibilities that are predicted thermodynamically for the RNase P RNA sequences of nine eubacteria.

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^☆: Presented at the Albany Conference on ‘RNA: Catalysis, Splicing, Evolution’, Rensselaerville, NY (U.S.A.) 22–25 September, 1988.

^∗∗: Present addresses: (G.J.O.) Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 (U.S.A.) Tel. (217)244-0616; (B.DJ.) Department of Molecular Genetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030 (U.S.A.) Tel.(713)792-3555.

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Phylogenetic comparative analysis and the secondary structure of ribonuclease P RNA — a review☆

Abstract

J. Biol. Chem.

Cell

Cell

Cell

Cell

J. Biol. Chem.

Cell

Biosystems

A catalytic RNA and its gene from Salmonella typhimurium

Science

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Nature

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Nature

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EMBO J.

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