Published in Microbiol Spectr on February 01, 2015
Crystal structures of a group II intron maturase reveal a missing link in spliceosome evolution. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2016) 0.86
Progress and Current Challenges in Modeling Large RNAs. J Mol Biol (2015) 0.83
A loopy view of telomere evolution. Front Genet (2015) 0.82
Viruses and mobile elements as drivers of evolutionary transitions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2016) 0.80
High-throughput sequencing of human plasma RNA by using thermostable group II intron reverse transcriptases. RNA (2015) 0.80
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The meaning of biological information. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci (2016) 0.78
Reverse transcriptases lend a hand in splicing catalysis. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2016) 0.78
Using Group II Introns for Attenuating the In Vitro and In Vivo Expression of a Homing Endonuclease. PLoS One (2016) 0.76
Proliferation of group II introns in the chloroplast genome of the green alga Oedocladium carolinianum (Chlorophyceae). PeerJ (2016) 0.75
Forks in the tracks: Group II introns, spliceosomes, telomeres and beyond. RNA Biol (2016) 0.75
The diversity of mtDNA rns introns among strains of Ophiostoma piliferum, Ophiostoma pluriannulatum and related species. Springerplus (2016) 0.75
Functionality of In vitro Reconstituted Group II Intron RmInt1-Derived Ribonucleoprotein Particles. Front Mol Biosci (2016) 0.75
Editorial: The Evolving Telomeres. Front Genet (2016) 0.75
Recent horizontal transfer, functional adaptation and dissemination of a bacterial group II intron. BMC Evol Biol (2016) 0.75
Sequential splicing of a group II twintron in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Sci Rep (2015) 0.75
The mitochondrial genome of the plant-pathogenic fungus Stemphylium lycopersici uncovers a dynamic structure due to repetitive and mobile elements. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
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An open letter to Elias Zerhouni. Science (2005) 2.19
Use of computer-designed group II introns to disrupt Escherichia coli DExH/D-box protein and DNA helicase genes. J Mol Biol (2004) 2.18
A DEAD-box protein functions as an ATP-dependent RNA chaperone in group I intron splicing. Cell (2002) 2.09
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Targeted and random bacterial gene disruption using a group II intron (targetron) vector containing a retrotransposition-activated selectable marker. Nucleic Acids Res (2003) 2.00
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The take and give between retrotransposable elements and their hosts. Annu Rev Genet (2008) 1.86
DEAD-box proteins unwind duplexes by local strand separation. Mol Cell (2007) 1.85
DEAD-box proteins can completely separate an RNA duplex using a single ATP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.72
Characterization of the C-terminal DNA-binding/DNA endonuclease region of a group II intron-encoded protein. J Mol Biol (2002) 1.64
Mechanisms used for genomic proliferation by thermophilic group II introns. PLoS Biol (2010) 1.62
Retrotransposition of the Ll.LtrB group II intron proceeds predominantly via reverse splicing into DNA targets. Mol Microbiol (2002) 1.60
A DEAD-box protein alone promotes group II intron splicing and reverse splicing by acting as an RNA chaperone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.55
Do DEAD-box proteins promote group II intron splicing without unwinding RNA? Mol Cell (2007) 1.50
Structure of the Yeast DEAD box protein Mss116p reveals two wedges that crimp RNA. Mol Cell (2009) 1.44
Catalytic domain structure and hypothesis for function of GIY-YIG intron endonuclease I-TevI. Nat Struct Biol (2002) 1.41
Recruitment of host functions suggests a repair pathway for late steps in group II intron retrohoming. Genes Dev (2005) 1.41
Modulation of intein activity by its neighboring extein substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.39
Crystallographic and mutational studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA mini-inteins suggest a pivotal role for a highly conserved aspartate residue. J Mol Biol (2006) 1.39
Genetic manipulation of Lactococcus lactis by using targeted group II introns: generation of stable insertions without selection. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 1.36
Structure of a tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase splicing factor bound to a group I intron RNA. Nature (2008) 1.36
Group II intron mobility using nascent strands at DNA replication forks to prime reverse transcription. EMBO J (2003) 1.35
Effects of maturase binding and Mg2+ concentration on group II intron RNA folding investigated by UV cross-linking. Biochemistry (2003) 1.30
Unwinding by local strand separation is critical for the function of DEAD-box proteins as RNA chaperones. J Mol Biol (2009) 1.30
Thermostable group II intron reverse transcriptase fusion proteins and their use in cDNA synthesis and next-generation RNA sequencing. RNA (2013) 1.29
Function of the C-terminal domain of the DEAD-box protein Mss116p analyzed in vivo and in vitro. J Mol Biol (2007) 1.29
Probing the mechanisms of DEAD-box proteins as general RNA chaperones: the C-terminal domain of CYT-19 mediates general recognition of RNA. Biochemistry (2007) 1.27
A group II intron-encoded maturase functions preferentially in cis and requires both the reverse transcriptase and X domains to promote RNA splicing. J Mol Biol (2004) 1.27
Multiple small RNAs identified in Mycobacterium bovis BCG are also expressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 1.26
The small noncoding DsrA RNA is an acid resistance regulator in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.25
Domain structure and three-dimensional model of a group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase. RNA (2004) 1.25
A three-dimensional model of a group II intron RNA and its interaction with the intron-encoded reverse transcriptase. Mol Cell (2008) 1.23
Minimization and stabilization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA intein. J Mol Biol (2005) 1.22
Binding of a group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase/maturase to its high affinity intron RNA binding site involves sequence-specific recognition and autoregulates translation. J Mol Biol (2002) 1.21
Gene targeting in gram-negative bacteria by use of a mobile group II intron ("Targetron") expressed from a broad-host-range vector. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.20
Retrotransposition strategies of the Lactococcus lactis Ll.LtrB group II intron are dictated by host identity and cellular environment. Mol Microbiol (2005) 1.19
Structural basis for RNA-duplex recognition and unwinding by the DEAD-box helicase Mss116p. Nature (2012) 1.16
Toward a molecular understanding of RNA remodeling by DEAD-box proteins. RNA Biol (2012) 1.16
Mobility of the Sinorhizobium meliloti group II intron RmInt1 occurs by reverse splicing into DNA, but requires an unknown reverse transcriptase priming mechanism. J Mol Biol (2003) 1.15
Structure of catalytically competent intein caught in a redox trap with functional and evolutionary implications. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2011) 1.15
Coincidence of cleavage sites of intron endonuclease I-TevI and critical sequences of the host thymidylate synthase gene. J Mol Biol (2004) 1.13
Highly conserved histidine plays a dual catalytic role in protein splicing: a pKa shift mechanism. J Am Chem Soc (2009) 1.12
Mobile DNA elements in T4 and related phages. Virol J (2010) 1.11
From monomeric to homodimeric endonucleases and back: engineering novel specificity of LAGLIDADG enzymes. J Mol Biol (2006) 1.11
SegG endonuclease promotes marker exclusion and mediates co-conversion from a distant cleavage site. J Mol Biol (2003) 1.10
The pathway for DNA recognition and RNA integration by a group II intron retrotransposon. Mol Cell (2003) 1.10
Analysis of the LAGLIDADG interface of the monomeric homing endonuclease I-DmoI. Nucleic Acids Res (2004) 1.10
Intron-encoded homing endonuclease I-TevI also functions as a transcriptional autorepressor. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2004) 1.09
A tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase adapted to function in group I intron splicing by acquiring a new RNA binding surface. Mol Cell (2005) 1.09
Zinc finger as distance determinant in the flexible linker of intron endonuclease I-TevI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.08
Nuclear expression of a group II intron is consistent with spliceosomal intron ancestry. Genes Dev (2010) 1.07
Solution structures of DEAD-box RNA chaperones reveal conformational changes and nucleic acid tethering by a basic tail. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.06
Importance of a single base pair for discrimination between intron-containing and intronless alleles by endonuclease I-BmoI. Curr Biol (2003) 1.05
Identification of proteins associated with the yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase by tandem affinity purification. Yeast (2009) 1.02
The DIVa maturase binding site in the yeast group II intron aI2 is essential for intron homing but not for in vivo splicing. Mol Cell Biol (2003) 1.02
tRNA-like recognition of group I introns by a tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.02
A bacterial group II intron favors retrotransposition into plasmid targets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 1.00
Toward predicting self-splicing and protein-facilitated splicing of group I introns. RNA (2008) 1.00
Backbone dynamics and global effects of an activating mutation in minimized Mtu RecA inteins. J Mol Biol (2010) 0.99
Group II intron-based gene targeting reactions in eukaryotes. PLoS One (2008) 0.98
EcI5, a group IIB intron with high retrohoming frequency: DNA target site recognition and use in gene targeting. RNA (2009) 0.98
Intein-mediated purification of cytotoxic endonuclease I-TevI by insertional inactivation and pH-controllable splicing. Nucleic Acids Res (2002) 0.98
Putative proteins related to group II intron reverse transcriptase/maturases are encoded by nuclear genes in higher plants. Nucleic Acids Res (2003) 0.97
Group II intron protein localization and insertion sites are affected by polyphosphate. PLoS Biol (2008) 0.96
Identification and evolution of fungal mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases with group I intron splicing activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 0.96
Distance determination by GIY-YIG intron endonucleases: discrimination between repression and cleavage functions. Nucleic Acids Res (2006) 0.94
Gene targeting using randomly inserted group II introns (targetrons) recovered from an Escherichia coli gene disruption library. Nucleic Acids Res (2005) 0.94
Global regulators orchestrate group II intron retromobility. Mol Cell (2009) 0.93
Learning to live together: mutualism between self-splicing introns and their hosts. BMC Biol (2011) 0.93
Selection and structure of hyperactive inteins: peripheral changes relayed to the catalytic center. J Mol Biol (2009) 0.92
A mutant screen reveals RNase E as a silencer of group II intron retromobility in Escherichia coli. RNA (2008) 0.92
A bacterial group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase localizes to cellular poles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 0.92
Functional defects in transfer RNAs lead to the accumulation of ribosomal RNA precursors. RNA (2007) 0.92
Localization, mobility and fidelity of retrotransposed Group II introns in rRNA genes. Nucleic Acids Res (2005) 0.90
Generalized bacterial genome editing using mobile group II introns and Cre-lox. Mol Syst Biol (2013) 0.90
Spontaneous proton transfer to a conserved intein residue determines on-pathway protein splicing. J Mol Biol (2010) 0.90
A targetron system for gene targeting in thermophiles and its application in Clostridium thermocellum. PLoS One (2013) 0.90
Role of the interdomain linker in distance determination for remote cleavage by homing endonuclease I-TevI. J Mol Biol (2008) 0.90
ATP-dependent roles of the DEAD-box protein Mss116p in group II intron splicing in vitro and in vivo. J Mol Biol (2011) 0.90
The retrohoming of linear group II intron RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster occurs by both DNA ligase 4-dependent and -independent mechanisms. PLoS Genet (2012) 0.89
The beginning of the end: links between ancient retroelements and modern telomerases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 0.89
Enhanced group II intron retrohoming in magnesium-deficient Escherichia coli via selection of mutations in the ribozyme core. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.88
Bipolar localization of the group II intron Ll.LtrB is maintained in Escherichia coli deficient in nucleoid condensation, chromosome partitioning and DNA replication. Mol Microbiol (2006) 0.88
Genetic identification of potential RNA-binding regions in a group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase. RNA (2010) 0.87
High-affinity binding site for a group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase/maturase within a stem-loop structure in the intron RNA. RNA (2004) 0.87
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Atomic force microscopy reveals DNA bending during group II intron ribonucleoprotein particle integration into double-stranded DNA. Biochemistry (2006) 0.86
Retargeting mobile group II introns to repair mutant genes. Mol Ther (2005) 0.86
Linear group II intron RNAs can retrohome in eukaryotes and may use nonhomologous end-joining for cDNA ligation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 0.85
Social networking between mobile introns and their host genes. Mol Microbiol (2010) 0.85
The group II intron ribonucleoprotein precursor is a large, loosely packed structure. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 0.85
1H, 13C, and 15N NMR assignments of an engineered intein based on Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA. Biomol NMR Assign (2008) 0.85
Quaternary arrangement of an active, native group II intron ribonucleoprotein complex revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering. Nucleic Acids Res (2014) 0.84
A conserved threonine spring-loads precursor for intein splicing. Protein Sci (2013) 0.84
Homing endonuclease I-TevIII: dimerization as a means to a double-strand break. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 0.84