Structure, folding and mechanisms of ribozymes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 313-323

  Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 20444502087     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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