The role of the cleavage site 2'-hydroxyl in the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme reaction

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-96

  Yoshida, Aiichiro ^a   Shan, Shu Ou ^b   Herschlag, Daniel ^b   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Mechanistic analysis; RNA catalysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0034142032     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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