Calcium(II)-dependent catalytic activity of the Azoarcus ribozyme: testing the limits of resolution for in vitro selection

Biochimie

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 819-825

  Burton, Aaron S ^a   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoarcus; Divalent metals; In vitro selection; Ribozyme; RNA

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CATALYSIS; CELL MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO SELECTION; INTRON; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC;

AZOARCUS; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 33746531165     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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