A common speed limit for RNA-cleaving ribozymes and deoxyribozymes

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 949-957

  Breaker, Ronald R ^a   Emilsson, Gail Mitchell ^a   Lazarev, Denis ^a,b   Nakamura, Shingo ^a   Puskarz, Izabela J ^a   Roth, Adam ^a   Sudarsan, Narasimhan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MC 2410 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Deoxyribozyme; Enzymatic mechanism; Ribozyme; RNA cleavage; RNA transesterification

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBOZYME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0041305819     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5670703     Document Type: Article

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