Remarkable morphologlical variability of a common RNA folding motif: The GNRA tetraloop-receptor interaction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 493-506

  Abramovitz, Dana L ^a   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

GNRA tetraloop; Group II intron; Ribozyme; RNA folding; RNA tertiary interaction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031588542     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0810     Document Type: Article

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