Chemical models for ribozyme action

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-673

  Lönnberg, Tuomas ^a   Lönnberg, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBOZYME; RNA; SOLVENT;

BINDING KINETICS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 27744577998     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.004     Document Type: Review

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