Intermediates and kinetic traps in the folding of a large ribozyme revealed by circular dichroism and UV absorbance spectroscopies and catalytic activity

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 931-938

  Pan, Tao ^a   Sosnick, Tobin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER, PHE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; UREA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030669671     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1197-931     Document Type: Article

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