Direct measurement of the ionization state of an essential guanine in the hairpin ribozyme

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Liu, Lu ^a   Cottrell, Joseph W ^a   Scott, Lincoln G ^b   Fedor, Martha J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cassia LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZAGUANOSINE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; PH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RNA ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 67349198163     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.156     Document Type: Article

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