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Michael D. Been

Michael D. Been

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
7674
World Ranking
19279
National Ranking
7881

Overview

Michael D. Been is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their academic profile reflects involvement in scientific research linked to this institution.

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No awards or recognitions attributed to Michael D. Been have been recorded in the information given.

Best Publications

  • Rna ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods.

    Thomas R. Cech;Arthur J. Zaug;Michael D. Been

  • A pseudoknot-like structure required for efficient self-cleavage of hepatitis delta virus RNA.

    Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  • The Tetrahymena ribozyme acts like an RNA restriction endonuclease

    Arthur J. Zaug;Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  • Imidazole Rescue of a Cytosine Mutation in a Self-Cleaving Ribozyme

    Anne T. Perrotta;I-hung Shih;Michael D. Been

  • One binding site determines sequence specificity of Tetrahymena pre-rRNA self-splicing, trans-splicing, and RNA enzyme activity.

    Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  • Cleavage of oligoribonucleotides by a ribozyme derived from the hepatitis delta virus RNA sequence.

    Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  • Nucleotide sequence preference at rat liver and wheat germ type 1 DNA topoisomerase breakage sites in duplex SV40 DNA

    Michael D. Been;Richard R. Burgess;James J. Champoux

  • Exon circularization in mammalian nuclear extracts.

    Zvi Pasman;Michael D. Been;Mariano Garcia-Blanco

  • Self-cleaving ribozymes of hepatitis delta virus RNA.

    Michael D. Been;Gene S. Wickham

  • Group I permuted intron-exon (PIE) sequences self-splice to produce circular exons.

    M. Puttaraju;Michael Been

  • Numerous group I introns with variable distributions in the ribosomal DNA of a lichen fungus

    Paula T. DePriest;Michael D. Been

  • The self-cleaving domain from the genomic RNA of hepatitis delta virus: sequence requirements and the effects of denaturant

    Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  • Catalytic Strategies of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozymes

    I-hung Shih;Michael D Been

  • RNA as an RNA polymerase: net elongation of an RNA primer catalyzed by the Tetrahymena ribozyme

    Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  • Secondary structure of the self-cleaving RNA of hepatitis delta virus: applications to catalytic RNA design.

    Michael D. Been;Anne T. Perrotta;Sarah P. Rosenstein

  • Group I intron self-splicing with adenosine: evidence for a single nucleoside-binding site.

    Michael D. Been;Anne T. Perrotta

  • Involvement of a cytosine side chain in proton transfer in the rate-determining step of ribozyme self-cleavage

    I-hung Shih;Michael D. Been

  • A circular trans-acting hepatitis delta virus ribozyme

    M. Puttaraju;Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  • A nested double pseudoknot is required for self-cleavage activity of both the genomic and antigenomic hepatitis delta virus ribozymes.

    Timothy S. Wadkins;Anne T. Perrotta;Adrian R. Ferré-D'amaré;Jennifer A. Doudna

  • A pH-sensitive RNA tertiary interaction affects self-cleavage activity of the HDV ribozymes in the absence of added divalent metal ion

    Timothy S Wadkins;I-hung Shih;Anne T Perrotta;Michael D Been

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Cech
Thomas R. Cech University of Colorado Boulder
James J. Champoux
James J. Champoux University of Washington
Adrian R. Ferré-D'Amaré
Adrian R. Ferré-D'Amaré National Institutes of Health
Richard R. Burgess
Richard R. Burgess University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley
Bonita J. Brewer
Bonita J. Brewer University of Washington

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