Evidence for the metal-cofactor independence of an RNA phosphodiester-cleaving DNA enzyme

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 579-593

  Geyer, C Ronald ^a   Sen, Dipankar ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalytic DNA; DNAzyme; Metal cofactor; Ribozyme; SELEX

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031215119     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90244-1     Document Type: Article

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