Secondary Structure Model of the Last Two Domains of Single-stranded RNA Phage Qβ

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 903-917

  Beekwilder, M J ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, R ^a   van Duin, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Four way junction; Phylogenetic comparison; RNA coliphage; RNA secondary structure; RNA tetraloop

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE S1; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CODON; COLIPHAGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 0028910588     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0189     Document Type: Article

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