Crystal structure of the catalytic core of an RNA-Polymerase ribozyme

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5957, 2009, Pages 1271-1275

  Shechner, David M ^a,b   Grant, Robert A ^b   Bagby, Sarah C ^a,b   Koldobskaya, Yelena ^c   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^c   Bartel, David P ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; MAGNESIUM ION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA LIGASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOSPHATE (ORGANIC); PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYNUCLEOTIDE LIGASES; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 70849121359     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1174676     Document Type: Article

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