Novel and variant ribozymes obtained through in vitro selection

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Pan, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RIBOZYME;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0031151971     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(97)80104-4     Document Type: Article

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