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| Pley, H.W., Flaherty, K.M. and McKay, D.B. (1994) Three-Dimensional Structure of a Hammerhead Ribozyme. Nature 372, 68-74. [Medline Abstract] | Scott, W. G., Finch, J. T. and Klug, A. (1995). The Crystal Structure of an All-RNA Hammerhead Ribozyme: A Proposed Mechanism for Catalytic Cleavage. Cell. 81, 991-1002. [Medline Abstract] |
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