Peptide bond formation by in vitro selected ribozymes

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6655, 1997, Pages 96-100

  Zhang, Biliang ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLALANINE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BIOTINYLATION; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; KINETICS; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030688863     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36375     Document Type: Article

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