A Second Divalent Metal Ion in the Group II Intron Reaction Center

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-612

  Gordon, Peter M ^a   Fong, Robert ^a   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIOL; RNA

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; RIBOZYME; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; RNA SPLICING;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; EXONS; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR;

EID: 34250349882     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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