Fate of the junction phosphate in alternating forward and reverse self-splicing reactions of group II intron RNA

Splicing of Messenger RNA Precursors

Phillip A. Sharp · Science · 1987 · 922 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +15

The Chemistry of Self-Splicing RNA and RNA Enzymes

Thomas R. Cech · Science · 1987 · 531 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17

The Intervening Sequence RNA of <i>Tetrahymena</i> Is an Enzyme

Arthur J. Zaug, Thomas R. Cech · Science · 1986 · 506 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

The generality of self-splicing RNA: Relationship to nuclear mRNA splicing

Thomas R. Cech · Cell · 1986 · 471 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +13

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

Renske M. van der Veen, A.C. Arnberg, Gerda Horst et al. · Cell · 1986 · 347 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +14