Crystal structure and mechanistic investigation of the twister ribozyme

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 739-744

  Liu, Yijin ^a   Wilson, Timothy J ^a   McPhee, Scott A ^a   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE; BASE; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; WATSON CRICK;

ADENINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORYZA SATIVA; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84906317571     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1587     Document Type: Article

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