The global conformation of an active hammerhead RNA during the process of self-cleavage

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-134

  Amiri, Khaled M A ^a   Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Replication; Ribozymes; RNA processing; RNA structure; Transient electric birefringence

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030590218     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0446     Document Type: Article

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