Structural studies of RNase P

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 537-557

  Mondragón, Alfonso ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; mechanism; ribozyme; RNA architecture; RNA RNA recognition; structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HYDROLYSIS; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; EUKARYOTA; HOLOENZYMES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE P;

EID: 84877739247     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-083012-130406     Document Type: Article

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