Structure of ribonuclease P - a universal ribozyme

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-335

  Torres Larios, Alfredo ^a   Swinger, Kerren K ^a   Pan, Tao ^b   Mondragón, Alfonso ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; HYDROLYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744793194     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.04.002     Document Type: Review

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