The three-dimensional architecture of the class I ligase ribozyme

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-184

  Bergman, Nicholas H ^a,d   Lau, Nelson C ^a   Lehnert, Valerie ^b,e   Westhof, Eric ^b,c   Bartel, David P ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; RNA catalysis; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIGASE; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHORUS 32; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; TEMPERATURE;

HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI;

EID: 1642499418     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5177504     Document Type: Article

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