Coupling of fast and slow modes in the reaction pathway of the minimal hammerhead ribozyme cleavage

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2391-2399

  Radhakrishnan, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848854765     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104661     Document Type: Article

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