A ribozyme that triphosphorylates RNA 5′-hydroxyl groups

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4767-4778

  Moretti, Janina E ^a   Müller, Ulrich F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYPHOSPHATES; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84898996581     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1405     Document Type: Article

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