NMR structure of the A730 loop of the Neurospora VS ribozyme: Insights into the formation of the active site

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4427-4437

  Desjardins, Genevive ^a   Bonneau, Eric ^a   Girard, Nicolas ^a   Boisbouvier, Jérôme ^b,c,d   Legault, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Commissariat l'Énergie Atomique ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HAIRPIN RIBOZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; RIBOZYME; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARKUD SATELLITE RIBOZYME; ADENINE; MAGNESIUM; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN MOTIF; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

NEUROSPORA;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 79961193872     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1244     Document Type: Article

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