Oligonucleotide facilitators enable a hammerhead ribozyme to cleave long RNA substrates with multiple-turnover activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Jankowsky, Eckhard ^a   Schwenzer, Bernd ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human tissue factor; Long target RNA; Multiple turnover catalyst; Ribozyme activity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYST; DISSOCIATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0032523841     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540129.x     Document Type: Article

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