TY - JOUR
T1 - Enzymatic cleavage of RNA by RNA
AU - Altman, Sidney
AU - Baer, Madeline
AU - Guerrier-Takada, Cecilia
AU - Vioque, Agustin
PY - 1986/12
Y1 - 1986/12
N2 - The catalytic activity of E. coli RNase P, an enzyme essential for tRNA biosynthesis in vivo, resides in the RNA subunit of the enzyme. This RNA, which has all the properties of a classical enzyme, can cleave precursor tRNAs in vitro in the total absence of proteins.
AB - The catalytic activity of E. coli RNase P, an enzyme essential for tRNA biosynthesis in vivo, resides in the RNA subunit of the enzyme. This RNA, which has all the properties of a classical enzyme, can cleave precursor tRNAs in vitro in the total absence of proteins.
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U2 - 10.1016/0968-0004(86)90086-1
DO - 10.1016/0968-0004(86)90086-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0000386960
SN - 0376-5067
VL - 11
SP - 515
EP - 518
JO - Trends in Biochemical Sciences
JF - Trends in Biochemical Sciences
IS - 12
ER -