Ribonuclease P

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1580, 2011, Pages 2936-2941

  Altman, Sidney ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; RNA enzyme; Substrate

Indexed keywords

DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RNA; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 80052931402     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0142     Document Type: Review

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