RNA-directed construction of structurally complex and active ligase ribozymes through recombination

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1678-1687

  Hayden, Eric J ^a   Riley, Craig A ^a,b   Burton, Aaron S ^a   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoarcus; Catalytic RNA; Ligase; Recombination; Ribozymes

Indexed keywords

LIGASE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA, CATALYTIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

AZOARCUS;

EID: 27144523459     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2125305     Document Type: Article

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