Design and preparation of a multimeric self-cleaving hammerhead ribozyme

BioTechniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 338-345

  Ruiz, Juan ^a   Wu, Catherine H ^a   Ito, Yoshinori ^a   Wu, George Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031043894     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97222rr03     Document Type: Article

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