Kinetics of RNA Degradation by Specific Base Catalysis of Transesterification Involving the 2′-Hydroxyl Group by Yingfu Li and Ronald R. Breaker (1999, 10.1021/ja990592p)

Primary research: Journal of the American Chemical Society 121(23), pp. 5364–5372, 1999; published online 25 May 1999. The publisher abstract identifies both authors and the chimeric DNA/RNA substrates used to measure hydroxide-dependent phosphodiester cleavage. Abstract and p. 5364 explain internal phosphoester transfer involving the adjacent 2′-hydroxyl group.