RNA catalysis: ribozymes, ribosomes, and riboswitches

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 636-643

  Strobel, Scott A ^a   Cochrane, Jesse C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MESSENGER RNA; METAL ION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SPLICING;

CATALYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 36549083651     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.010     Document Type: Review

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