The kinetic folding pathway of the Tetrahymena ribozyme reveals possible similarities between RNA and protein folding

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 432-438

  Zarrinkar, Patrick P ^a   Williamson, James R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0029874598     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0596-432     Document Type: Article

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