Stitching together RNA tertiary architectures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 829-849

  Hermann, Thomas ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal ions and hydration; Ribozymes and catalysis; RNA folding and function; RNA motifs; X ray, NMR, and molecular modeling

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; INTRON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033544719     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3312     Document Type: Article

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