Observations on catalysis by hammerhead ribozymes are consistent with a two-divalent-metal-ion mechanism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2290-2294

  Pontius, Brian W ^a   Lott, William B ^a   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COBALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0031004765     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.6.2290     Document Type: Article

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