Structure of the tetrahymena ribozyme: Base triple sandwich and metal ion at the active site

Molecular Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-362

  Guo, Feng ^a   Gooding, Anne R ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE; METAL ION; PHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; RNA CLEAVAGE; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; GUANOSINE; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 8644229237     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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