Ribozymes and Their Medical Implications

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 20, 1988, Pages 3030-3034

  Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA; VIRUS RNA;

HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; RNA SPLICING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CATALYSIS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ENZYMES; HUMAN; INTRONS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0024210034     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410200086031     Document Type: Article

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