Ion-induced folding of the hammerhead ribozyme: A fluorescence resonance energy transfer study

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7481-7489

  Bassi, Gurminder S ^a   Murchie, Alastair I H ^a   Walter, Frank ^a   Clegg, Robert M ^b   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, CATALYTIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031463467     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7481     Document Type: Article

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