Mechanisms of ribozyme-mediated RNA cleavage

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1027-1044

  Kuimelis, Robert G ^a,b,c,d   McLaughlin, Larry W ^b,e,f  

^a Phylos Inc   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

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EID: 0000421250     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr960426p     Document Type: Article

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