title: Allosteric nucleic acid catalysts.
abstract: Endowing nucleic acid catalysts with allosteric properties provides new prospects for RNA and DNA as controllable therapeutic agents or as sensors of their cognate effector compounds. The ability to engineer RNA catalysts that are allosterically regulated by effector binding has been propelled by the union of modular rational design principles and powerful combinatorial strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Soukup
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Breaker
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA