The structure of the isolated, central hairpin of the HDV antigenomic ribozyme: Novel structural features and similarity of the loop in the ribozyme and free in solution

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3685-3692

  Kolk, M H ^a   Heus, H A ^a   Hilbers, C W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central loop; Hepatitis delta virus; Ribozyme; RNA hairpin; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; PHOSPHATE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOZYME; SUGAR; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SOLUTIONS;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 0030996773     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3685     Document Type: Article

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