The catalytic diversity of RNAs

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-412

  Fedor, Matha J ^a   Williamson, James R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENOME; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 18344368440     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1647     Document Type: Review

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