Locating, characterizing, and determining the effect of metal ions in the hammerhead ribozyme /

The hammerhead ribozyme is a catalytic RNA that performs a site-specific bond cleavage and is active in the presence of divalent cations including Mg²⁺, Mn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Co²⁺. The relative affinities of these metal ions follows Mn²⁺~ Co²⁺ >Cd²⁺ >>Mg²⁺. Maximum rates of cleavage result from...

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Main Author:	Hunsicker-Wang, Laura Marie, 1974-
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2001.
Subjects:	Major chemistry.
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