Observation of internal cleavage and ligation reactions of a ribozyme

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1107-1113

  Nahas, Michelle K ^a   Wilson, Timothy J ^b   Hohng, Sungchul ^a   Jarvie, Kaera ^b   Lilley, David M J ^b   Ha, Taekjip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; BLEACHING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7544231457     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb842     Document Type: Article

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