A New and Efficient DNA Enzyme for the Sequence-specific Cleavage of RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 283-294

  Feldman, Anat R ^a   Sen, Dipankar ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalytic DNA; DNAzyme; Ribozyme; RNA cleavage

Indexed keywords

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KOBUS;

DEOXYRIBOZYME; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, CATALYTIC; GENE LIBRARY; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HIV; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MUTATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035914482     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5058     Document Type: Article

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