Stepwise conversion of a mesophilic to a thermophilic ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-183

  Fang, X W ^a,d   Srividya, N ^a   Golden, B L ^b   Sosnick, T R ^a,c   Pan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Folding; Ribozyme; Stability; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0038461981     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00582-5     Document Type: Article

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