Solution structure of a metal-binding site in the major groove of RNA complexed with cobalt (III) hexammine

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 713-721

  Kieft, Jeffrey S ^a   Tinoco Jr , Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalt (III) hexammine; metal binding; NMR; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031570344     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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