A hydrogen-bonding triad stabilizes the chemical transition state of a group I ribozyme

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-165

  Strobel, Scott A ^a   Ortoleva Donnelly, Lori ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interference suppression; Nucleotide analog interference mapping; Phosphoryl transfer; Reaction mechanism; Self splicing intron

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STABILITY; RIBOZYME;

EID: 0033102218     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)89007-3     Document Type: Article

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