Pentamidine inhibits catalytic activity of group I intron Ca.LSU by altering RNA folding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2961-2971

  Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Li, Zhijie ^a   Pilch, Daniel S ^b,c   Leibowitz, Michael J ^b,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PENTAMIDINE; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RIBOZYME; RNA PRECURSOR; SPERMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE ACTIVITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0036639785     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf394     Document Type: Article

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