General Acid Catalysis by the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Das, Subha R ^a   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CATALYSIS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24644454458     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio703     Document Type: Article

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