A helical twist-induced conformational switch activates cleavage in the hammerhead ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-336

  Dunham, Christine M ^a   Murray, James B ^a   Scott, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Conformational change; Hammerhead; Ribozyme; RNA

Indexed keywords

LIGASE; NUCLEASE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; WILD TYPE;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0042509891     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00843-X     Document Type: Article

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