Generation and development of RNA ligase ribozymes with modular architecture through "design and selection"

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5850-5865

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

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro selection; Ligase; Module; Ribozyme; RNA motif

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA LIGASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 77957302431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15095850     Document Type: Review

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