Small, efficient hammerhead ribozymes

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-17

  McCall, Maxine J ^a   Hendry, Philip ^d   Mir, Alain A ^b   Conaty, Jason ^c   Brown, Glenn ^d   Lockett, Trevor J ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hammerhead; Miniribozyme; Minizyme; Ribozyme; Ribozyme design

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034023696     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/mb:14:1:5     Document Type: Article

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