A magnesium ion core at the heart of a ribozyme domain

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 553-558

  Gate, Jamie H ^a   Hanna, Raven L ^a   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0030929889     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0797-553     Document Type: Article

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