The hairpin ribozyme: Structure, assembly and catalysis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-30

  Walter, Nils G ^a   Burke, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEPOVIRUS; PLANT; REVIEW; TOBACCO; VIROLOGY;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEPOVIRUS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, CATALYTIC; TOBACCO;

EID: 0031995580     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80032-X     Document Type: Article

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