Properties of hepatitis delta virus ribozyme, which consists of three RNA oligomer strands

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1123-1128

  Sakamoto, Taiichi ^a   Tanaka, Yoichiro ^a   Kuwabara, Tomoko ^a   Kim, Mi Hee ^a   Kurihara, Yasuyuki ^a   Katahira, Masato ^a   Uesugi, Seiichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis delta virus; Metal binding; Oligonucleotide; Ribozyme; RNA

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; RNA CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 0030873067     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021704     Document Type: Article

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