Oligonucleotide facilitators enhance the catalytic activity of RNA-cleaving DNA enzymes

Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Horn, Susanne ^a   Schwenzer, Bernd ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; NUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032740777     PISSN: 10872906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1999.9.465     Document Type: Article

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