New strategies for exploring RNA's 2′-OH expose the importance of solvent during group II intron catalysis

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-246

  Gordon, Peter M ^a   Fong, Robert ^a   Deb, Shirshendu K ^a   Li, Nan Sheng ^a   Schwans, Jason P ^a   Ye, Jing Dong ^b   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 1542290058     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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