Metal ions in ribozyme folding and catalysis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-170

  Hanna, Raven ^a   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBOZYME;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

EID: 0034111513     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00071-X     Document Type: Review

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