Patterns of cleavages induced by lead ions in defined RNA secondary structure motifs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-220

  Ciesiołka, Jerzy ^a   Michałowski, Daniel ^a   Wrzesinski, Jan ^a   Krajewski, Jacek ^a   Krzyzosiak, Włodzimierz J ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pb2+; RNA catalysis; RNA hydrolysis; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0343308108     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1462     Document Type: Article

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