A map of the binding site for catalytic domain 5 in the core of a group II intron ribozyme

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 7105-7117

  Konforti, Boyana B ^a   Liu, Qiaolian ^a   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a  

^a Hammer Health Sciences Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Folding; RNA; Splicing; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032401749     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.7105     Document Type: Article

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