title: Structure and evolution of ribonuclease P RNA.
abstract: Eubacterial RNase P contains a catalytic RNA that cleaves 5' leader sequences from precursor tRNAs. We review the current understanding of RNase P RNA structure and evolution, from the perspective of phylogenetic comparative analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Pace
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000737:chemistry; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002844:Chromatium / Q000737:chemistry; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000737:chemistry; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000737:chemistry*; D043262:Ribonuclease P; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D043262:Ribonuclease P; C470865:ribonuclease P, E coli