A novel ribozyme with ester transferase activity

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-34

  Jenne, Andreas ^a   Famulok, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive inhibition; Equilibrium constant; In vitro selection; Ribozyrnes; RNA catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031882441     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90084-9     Document Type: Article

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