Metal-binding sites in the major groove of a large ribozyme domain

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1221-1229

  Cate, Jamie H ^a   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

group I intron; MAD phasing; osmium hexammine; RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030587890     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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