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Early studies of native ribonuclease P, including discovery of its essential RNA component

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Early work onE. coli ribonuclease P led to the detailed characterization of the native enzyme, which culminated in the discovery and initial characterization of M1 RNA and the demonstration thatE. coli RNase P contains an essential RNA component.

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Abbreviations

MB:

methylene blue

MN:

micrococcal nuclease

RNaseP:

ribonuclease P

M1 RNA:

ribonuclease P RNA

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  1. Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, IIT Center, 60616, Chicago, IL, USA

    Benjamin C. Stark

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Stark, B.C. Early studies of native ribonuclease P, including discovery of its essential RNA component. Mol Biol Rep 22, 95–97 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988712

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