Thermodynamics of RNA folding in a conserved ribosomal RNA domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 560-576

  Laing, Lance G ^a   Draper, David E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Cooperativity; RNA stability; RNA tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028234517     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1255     Document Type: Article

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