| Literature DB >> 6165080 |
G Floyd-Smith, E Slattery, P Lengyel.
Abstract
One of the mediators of interferon action is a latent endoribonuclease (ribonuclease L) that is activated by (2'-5')oligoadenylates. Among the homopolymers of the four common ribonucleotides, activated ribonuclease L degrades at an appreciable rate only polyuridylic acid. In two natural RNA's tested the most frequent ribonuclease L cleavages occur after UA, UG, and UU (A, adenine; U, uracil; and G, guanine) and much less frequent cleavages after CA and AC (C, cytosine).Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6165080 DOI: 10.1126/science.6165080
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728