Molecular recognition in the FMN-RNA aptamer complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 480-500

  Fan, Pei ^a   Suri, Asif K ^a   Fiala, Radovan ^a   Live, David ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pair mismatches; Base triple platform; FMN intercalation; FMN adenine pairing; FMN RNA complex

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITROGEN 15; RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION;

EID: 0029864853     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0263     Document Type: Article

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