Interlocking structural motifs mediate molecular discrimination by a theophylline-binding RNA

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 644-649

  Zimmermann, Grant R ^a   Jenison, Robert D ^b   Wick, Catherine L ^a   Simorre, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Pardi, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; RNA; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CAFFEINE; CYTOSINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0030752211     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0897-644     Document Type: Article

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