A preorganized active site in the crystal structure of the Tetrahymena ribozyme

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5387, 1998, Pages 259-264

  Golden, Barbara L ^a   Gooding, Anne R ^a   Podell, Elaine R ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GUANOSINE; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0032500731     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5387.259     Document Type: Article

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