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Group I Introns: New Molecular Mechanisms for mRNA Repair

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Using ribozymes to repair transcripts may yield new therapeutic approaches to genetic disease

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  1. Thomas Cech: This article was excerpted from Dr. Cech's Feodor Lynen Lecture, delivered jointly with Dr. Sidney Altman at the Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, in February.

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Cech, T. Group I Introns: New Molecular Mechanisms for mRNA Repair. Nat Biotechnol 13, 323–326 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0495-323

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