Modeling active RNA structures using the intersection of conformational space: Application to the lead-activated ribozyme

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 739-749

  Lemieux, Sébastien ^a   Chartrand, Pascal ^a   Cedergren, Robert ^a   Major, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base triple; Catalytic RNA; Internal loop; MC SYM; Metalo nucleotide complex; Molecular modeling; Noncanonical base pairs

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; YEAST;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAD; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER, PHE;

EID: 0031847234     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838298971266     Document Type: Article

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