CRM domain proteins: In vivo functions and biochemical mechanisms.

Publications

Asakura Y and Barkan A. (2007) A CRM domain protein functions dually in group I and group II intron splicing in land plant chloroplasts. Plant Cell, in press.

Barkan A, Klipcan L, Ostersetzer O, Kawamura T, Asakura Y, and Watkins K. (2007) The CRM domain: an RNA binding module derived from an ancient ribosome-associated protein. RNA, 13:55-64.

Asakura Y and Barkan A. (2006) Arabidopsis orthologs of maize chloroplast splicing factors promote splicing of orthologous and species-specific group II introns. Plant Phys., 142: 1656-1663.

Ostersetzer O., A.M. Cooke, K.P. Watkins, and A. Barkan. (2005) CRS1, a Chloroplast Group II Intron Splicing Factor, Promotes Intron Folding through Specific Interactions with Two Intron Domains. Plant Cell 17: 241-55.

Ostheimer GJ, Williams-Carrier R, Belcher S, Osborne E, Gierke J, and Barkan A. (2003) Group II Intron Splicing Factors Derived by Diversification of an Ancient RNA Binding Domain EMBO J. 22: 3919-3929.

Ostheimer G.J., R. Williams-Carrier, S. Belcher, E. Osborne, J. Gierke, and A. Barkan (2003) Group II intron splicing factors derived by duplication and diversification of an ancient RNA binding domain. EMBO J 22: 3919-29.

Till B., C. Schmitz-Linneweber, R. Williams-Carrier, and A. Barkan (2001) CRS1 is a novel group II intron splicing factor that was derived from a domain of ancient origin. RNA 7:1227-38.