Tailoring RNA modular units on a common scaffold: A modular ribozyme with a catalytic unit for β-nicotinamide mononucleotide-activated RNA ligation

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 877-888

  Fujita, Yuki ^a   Furuta, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikawa, Yoshiya ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro selection; Modular design; Ribozyme; RNA; Rna motif

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YFL RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 65249179032     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1461309     Document Type: Article

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