A Deoxyribozyme with a Novel Guanine Quartet-Helix Pseudoknot Structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 960-968

  McManus, Simon A ^a   Li, Yingfu ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

deoxyribozyme; DNA phosphorylation; guanine quadruplex; in vitro selection; pseudoknot

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBOZYME; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 37349013529     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.080     Document Type: Article

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