Self-splicing group II and nuclear pre-mRNA introns: how similar are they?

Self-splicing RNA: Autoexcision and autocyclization of the ribosomal RNA intervening sequence of tetrahymena

1982 • 2,241 citations

Are snRNPs involved in splicing?

1980 • 1,206 citations

Comparative and functional anatomy of group II catalytic introns — a review

1989 • 768 citations

A compensatory base change in U1 snRNA suppresses a 5′ splice site mutation

1986 • 755 citations

Conservation of RNA secondary structures in two intron families including mitochondrial-, chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded members.

1983 • 510 citations

Recognition of the TACTAAC box during mRNA splicing in yeast involves base pairing to the U2-like snRNA

1987 • 508 citations

Comparison of fungal mitochondrial introns reveals extensive homologies in RNA secondary structure

1982 • 501 citations

Making ends meet: a model for RNA splicing in fungal mitochondria

1982 • 459 citations

A self-splicing RNA excises an intron lariat

1986 • 449 citations

Identification of functional U1 snRNA-pre-mRNA complexes committed to spliceosome assembly and splicing

1989 • 391 citations

A U1 snRNA:pre-mRNA base pairing interaction is required early in yeast spliceosome assembly but does not uniquely define the 5′ cleavage site.

1988 • 364 citations

Excised group II introns in yeast mitochondria are lariats and can be formed by self-splicing in vitro

1986 • 346 citations

Mammalian pre-mRNA branch site selection by U2 snRNP involves base pairing.

1989 • 314 citations

5' splice site selection in yeast: genetic alterations in base-pairing with U1 reveal additional requirements.

1988 • 307 citations

A compensatory base change in human U2 snRNA can suppress a branch site mutation.

1989 • 284 citations

A protein associated with small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles recognizes the 3′ splice site of premessenger RNA

1986 • 283 citations

A protein that specifically recognizes the 3′ splice site of mammalian pre-mRNA introns is associated with a small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

1986 • 274 citations

An Early Hierarchic Role of U1 Small Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein in Spliceosome Assembly

1988 • 271 citations

Multiple exon-binding sites in class II self-splicing introns

1987 • 218 citations

Trans splicing involves a novel form of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles

1988 • 210 citations

5′ cleavage site in eukaryotic pre-mRNA splicing is determined by the overall 5′ splice region, not by the conserved 5′ GU

1987 • 206 citations

Self-splicing of group II introns in vitro: Mapping of the branch point and mutational inhibition of lariat formation

1986 • 197 citations

U2 RNA from yeast is unexpectedly large and contains homology to vertebrate U4, U5, and U6 small nuclear RNAs

1986 • 160 citations

The C. elegans Trans-spliced leader RNA is bound to Sm and has a trimethylguanosine cap

1988 • 139 citations

Base-pairing interactions involving the 5′ and 3′-terminal nucleotides of group II self-splicing introns

1990 • 122 citations

Trans-spliced leader RNA exists as small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles in Caenorhabditis elegans

1988 • 104 citations

Efficient Trans-Splicing of a Yeast Mitochondrial RNA Group II Intron Implicates a Strong 5′ Exon-Intron Interaction

1986 • 77 citations

Mutations at the lariat acceptor site allow self-splicing of a group II intron without lariat formation.

1987 • 57 citations

Mutational analysis of the interactions between u1 small nuclear rna and pre-mrna of yeast

1989 • 42 citations

Identification of splicing signals in introns of yeast mitochnodrial split genes: mutational alterations in intron bI 1 and secondary structures in related introns

1982 • 34 citations

The structure of precursor mRNAs and of excised intron RNAs in chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis

1985 • 19 citations

Sequence requirements for branch formation in a group ll self-splicing lntron

1989 • 18 citations

Lariat RNA of a group II intron in a filamentous fungus

1987 • 17 citations