A nested double pseudoknot is required for self-cleavage activity of both the genomic and antigenomic hepatitis delta virus ribozymes

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 720-727

  Wadkins, Timothy S ^a   Perrotta, Anne T ^a   Ferré D'Amaré, Adrian R ^b   Doudna, Jennifer A ^b   Been, Michael D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Hepatitis delta virus; RNA structure; Self cleaving RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOME; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033053643     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299990209     Document Type: Article

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