Structures of ribonucleoprotein particle modification enzymes

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-122

  Liang, Bo ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENZYMES; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 79951676937     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583510000235     Document Type: Article

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