2001
Generating new ligand-binding RNAs by affinity maturation and disintegration of allosteric ribozymes.
Soukup G, DeRose E, Koizumi M, Breaker R. Generating new ligand-binding RNAs by affinity maturation and disintegration of allosteric ribozymes. RNA 2001, 7: 524-36. PMID: 11345431, PMCID: PMC1370106, DOI: 10.1017/s1355838201002175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffector-binding domainAllosteric ribozymesRandom mutagenesisMolecular switchLigand-binding RNAsRNA molecular switchCyclic nucleotide monophosphatesModular rational designSecondary structure organizationSpecific effector moleculesGenetic switchDirect mutational analysisNucleotide covariationsCatalytic domainPhylogeny dataMutational analysisModular engineeringCatalytic moduleNucleic acid structuresNucleotide monophosphatesEffector moleculesAffinity maturationRibozymeMutagenesisHammerhead ribozyme
1999
Allosteric ribozymes sensitive to the second messengers cAMP and cGMP.
Koizumi M, Kerr J, Soukup G, Breaker R. Allosteric ribozymes sensitive to the second messengers cAMP and cGMP. Nucleic Acids Symposium Series 1999, 42: 275-6. PMID: 10780486, DOI: 10.1093/nass/42.1.275.Peer-Reviewed Original Research