Relating conformation, Mg2+ binding, and functional group modification in the hammerhead ribozyme

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 692-696

  Chartrand, Pascal ^a   Leclerc, Fabrice ^a   Cedergren, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; RIBOZYME;

BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; LETTER; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0030612499     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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