Reconsidering the energetics of ribonuclease catalysed RNA hydrolysis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 286-290

  Loverix, Stefan ^a   Laus, Georges ^b   Martins, José C ^a,b   Wyns, Lode ^a   Steyaert, Jan ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energetics; Hydrolysis; Ribonuclease; Transphosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ESTER; HYDROLASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION;

EID: 0032189426     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570286.x     Document Type: Article

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