The group IIB intron from the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrion: molecular characterization of the in vitro splicing products

A bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase/promoter system for controlled exclusive expression of specific genes.

1985 • 3,185 citations

Origin and evolution of retroelements based upon their reverse transcriptase sequences.

1990 • 1,351 citations

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

1989 • 768 citations

3′-Terminal labelling of RNA with T4 RNA ligase

1978 • 556 citations

Stepwise assembly of a pre-mRNA splicing complex requires U-snRNPs and specific intron sequences

1985 • 524 citations

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

1983 • 510 citations

A self-splicing RNA excises an intron lariat

1986 • 449 citations

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

1986 • 346 citations

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

1987 • 218 citations

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

1986 • 197 citations

Scrambled ribosomal RNA gene pieces in chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA

1988 • 190 citations

Group II Intron Domain 5 Facilitates a trans-Splicing Reaction

1988 • 161 citations

Infectious introns

1989 • 153 citations

Mobile Introns and Intron-Encoded Proteins

1989 • 134 citations

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

1990 • 122 citations

Group II intron domain 5 facilitates a trans-splicing reaction.

1988 • 95 citations

Genes encoding a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase (ND1) and a reverse transcriptase-like protein (RTL) are linked to ribosomal RNA gene pieces in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA.

1988 • 94 citations

Splicing of large ribosomal precursor RNA and processing of intron RNA in yeast mitochondria

1984 • 85 citations

The intron of a plastid gene from a green alga contains an open reading frame for a reverse transcriptase-like enzyme

1989 • 62 citations

A self-splicing group II intron in the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA (LSUrRNA) gene of the eukaryotic algaScenedesmus obliquus

1990 • 57 citations

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

1987 • 57 citations

Mitochondrial genetics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: resistance mutations marking the cytochrome b gene.

1991 • 50 citations

Self-splicing of group II introns in vitro: Lariat formation and 3′ splice site selection in mutant RNAs

1987 • 49 citations

RNA splicing in Chlamydomonas chloroplasts. Self-splicing of 23 S preRNA.

1990 • 47 citations

Long-range Intron-Exon and Intron-Intron Pairings Involved in Self-splicing of Class II Catalytic Introns

1987 • 45 citations

Effect of deletions at structural domains of group II intron bI1 on self-splicing in vitro

1990 • 23 citations

Mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the ND4 gene encoding a subunit of NADH dehydrogenase

1989 • 20 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the plastid genes for apocytochrome b6 (petB) and subunit IV of the cytochrome b6-f complex (petD) from the green alga Chlorella protothecoides: lack of introns

1989 • 12 citations