A guanine nucleobase important for catalysis by the VS ribozyme

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2489-2500

  Wilson, Timothy J ^a   McLeod, Aileen C ^a   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General acid base catalysis; Guanine; Ribozyme mechanism; RNA catalysis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RIBOZYME;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GUANINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249098371     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601698     Document Type: Article

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