Crystals by design: A strategy for crystallization of a ribozyme derived from the tetrahymena group I intron

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 711-723

  Golden, Barbara L ^a   Podell, Elaine R ^a   Gooding, Anne R ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Crystal contacts; RNA structure; Sparse matrix; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0031213875     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1155     Document Type: Article

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