The origins of RNA catalysis in ribozymes

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 495-501

  Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOZYME; RNA; ION; METAL;

ACID BASE BALANCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRICITY; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA CATALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; INTRONS; IONS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0642306490     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00191-9     Document Type: Review

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