An AU at the first base pair of helix 3 elevates the catalytic activity of hepatitis delta virus ribozymes

FEBS Letters

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Huang, Zhi Shun ^a,b   Ping, Yueh Hsin ^b   Wu, Huey Nan ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cis Cleavage; Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) ribozyme; Ribozyme; trans Cleavage

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 0030858389     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00902-2     Document Type: Article

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