Sequence variation as a strategy for crystallizing RNA motifs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 696-703

  Anderson, Amy C ^a   Earp, Brandon E ^a   Frederick, Christin A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairpin; Oligonucleotide synthesis; Pseudoknot; RNA structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030596508     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0351     Document Type: Article

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