Chemistry and Biology of Self-Cleaving Ribozymes

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 648-661

  Jimenez, Randi M ^a   Polanco, Julio A ^a   Lupták, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptazymes; Retrotransposon; Riboregulation; Riboswitch; Ribozyme; Self scission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HAIRPIN RIBOZYME; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; RIBOZYME; TWISTER RIBOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARKUD SATELLITE RIBOZYME;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HYDROLYSIS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84951769342     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.09.001     Document Type: Review

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