Ribozyme catalysis: Not different, just worse

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-402

  Doudna, Jennifer A ^a   Lorsch, Jon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA; PEPTIDE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VITRO SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 20444441572     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb932     Document Type: Review

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