A tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase can function similarly to an RNA structure in the Tetrahymena ribozyme

Modelling of the three-dimensional architecture of group I catalytic introns based on comparative sequence analysis

François Michel, Éric Westhof · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1990 · 1.2K citations

Engineering, Natural Sciences, Molecular Biology +9

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

Thomas R. Cech · Cell · 1986 · 470 citations

Transcriptional Regulation, Nuclear Mrna, Natural Sciences +9

Secondary structure of the circular form of the Tetrahymena rRNA intervening sequence: a technique for RNA structure analysis using chemical probes and reverse transcriptase.

Takuro Inoue, Thomas R. Cech · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1985 · 319 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology +20

The Tetrahymena ribozyme acts like an RNA restriction endonuclease

Arthur J. Zaug, Michael D. Been, Thomas R. Cech · Nature · 1986 · 286 citations

Natural Sciences, Rna Structure Prediction, Rna Biology +6

Structural conventions for group I introns

John M. Burke, Marlene Belfort, Thomas R. Cech et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 1987 · 285 citations · Full text