Nucleic acid enzymes

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 274-283

  Carola, Christophe ^a   Eckstein, Fritz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CATION; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METAL ION; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOZYME; VIRUS ENZYME;

CATALYSIS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INTRON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033152014     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)80043-X     Document Type: Article

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