RNA structure: Crystal clear?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-316

  Doudna, Jennifer A ^a   Cate, Jamie H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0030927266     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80045-0     Document Type: Article

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