Non-nearest neighbor effects on the thermodynamics of unfolding of a model mRNA pseudoknot

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-564

  Theimer, Carla A ^a   Wang, Yue ^b   Hoffman, David W ^b   Krisch, Henry M ^c   Giedroc, David P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UMR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriphage T4 gene 32; RNA folding; RNA pseudoknot; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE PAIRING; DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032511143     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1812     Document Type: Article

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