Pyle, Anna Marie,

Self-splicing intron RNAs ribozymes, parasites and agents of genomic change / [electronic resource] : Anna Marie Pyle. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (60 min.) : color, sound). - From DNA to proteins : the multiple levels of regulation, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. From DNA to proteins : the multiple levels of regulation. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Different classes of introns -- Autocatalytic group I and group II introns -- Discovery of self-splicing -- Converting a self-splicing RNA into a multiple-turnover enzyme -- The "tetrahymena ribozyme" and discovery of RNA catalysis -- New insights into molecular recognition of RNA -- Group I intron structure and catalytic mechanism -- Group I intron applications -- Group II introns and the big picture -- Discovery of self-splicing by group II introns -- Chemical mechanism of group II intron reactions -- Catalytic engines for driving eukaryotic evolution -- Explaining specificity of group II ribozymes -- Group II intron ribozymes as model systems for RNA folding -- Group II ribozymes as model systems for RNA tertiary structure -- Nucleotide analog interference mapping -- Current map of important atoms -- Nucleotide analog interference suppression -- Lambda-lambda interaction -- 3D model of ai5gamma intron -- Group II introns as tools and therapeutics.

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1149 Henry Stewart Talks


Introns.
Protein-protein interactions.
RNA splicing.
Evolution, Molecular.
Introns--genetics.
Introns--physiology.
RNA Splicing.
RNA--chemistry.
RNA--metabolism.
RNA, Catalytic.
Spliceosomes--metabolism.
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