Low-magnesium, trans-cleavage activity by type III, tertiary stabilized hammerhead ribozymes with stem 1 discontinuities

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Burke, Donald H ^a,b   Travis Greathouse, S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA BINDING;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM; RNA, CATALYTIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SPHYRNA;

EID: 24344447533     PISSN: 14712091     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-6-14     Document Type: Article

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