Potassium ions modulate a G-quadruplex-ribozyme's activity

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1018-1025

  Beaudoin, Jean Denis ^a   Perreault, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allosteric ribozyme; Catalytic RNA; G quadruplex; Molecular engineering

Indexed keywords

G QUADRUPLEX RIBOZYME; POTASSIUM ION; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; RNA, CATALYTIC;

HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 44149105178     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.963908     Document Type: Article

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