Length variation of helix III in a hammerhead ribozyme and its influence on cleavage activity

Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Hammann, Christian ^a   Martinez, Emilio ^a   Moosbauer, Jutta ^a   Hormes, Robert ^b   Tabler, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KINETICS; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033061772     PISSN: 10872906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1999.9.25     Document Type: Article

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