Bases defining an ammonium and magnesium ion-dependent tertiary structure within the large subunit ribosomal RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 572-585

  Lu, Ming ^a   Draper, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory base changes; Phylogenetic comparisons; Protein RNA recognition; Thermal denaturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028102703     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1753     Document Type: Article

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