Functional group requirements in the probable active site of the VS ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-34

  Lafontaine, Daniel A ^a   Wilson, Timothy J ^a   Zhao, Zheng Yun ^a   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 aminopurine fluorescence; Acid base catalysis; Functional group modification; RNA catalysis

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; AMINE; BASE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUP; IMIDAZOLE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RIBOSE; RIBOZYME;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0036396544     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00910-5     Document Type: Article

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