Investigation of catalysis by bacterial RNase P via LNA and other modifications at the scissile phosphodiester

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7638-7653

  Cuzic Feltens, Simona ^a,b   Weber, Michael H W ^a   Hartmann, Roland K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; HOLOENZYME; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; METHYL GROUP; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA CLEAVAGE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOLOENZYMES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHATES; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, TRANSFER, GLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO PHAGE NT-1;

EID: 75649128331     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp775     Document Type: Article

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