Increased ribozyme activity in crowded solutions

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2972-2977

  Desai, Ravi ^a   Kilburn, Duncan ^a   Lee, Hui Ting ^a   Woodson, Sarah A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; PEG; RIBOZYME; RNA CATALYSIS; RNA FOLDING; X-RAY SCATTERING;

AZOARCUS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, CATALYTIC; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84893504316     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.527861     Document Type: Article

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