Inter-domain cross-linking and molecular modelling of the hairpin ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-212

  Earnshaw, David J ^a   Masquida, Benoît ^b   Müller, Sabine ^a   Sigurdsson, Snorri Th ^c   Eckstein, Fritz ^c   Westhof, Eric ^b   Gait, Michael J ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hairpin ribozyme; Ribose zipper; RNA folding; RNA modelling; RNA RNA cross linking

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030726554     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1405     Document Type: Article

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