Novel RNA catalysts for the Michael reaction

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 459-473

  Sengle, Gerhard ^a   Eisenführ, Alexander ^a   Arora, Paramjit S ^b   Nowick, James S ^b   Famulok, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro selection; Michael addition; Ribozyme; RNA catalysis; RNA world

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VITRO CULTURE; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA METABOLISM; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GENE LIBRARY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, CATALYTIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0342936265     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(01)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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