Exploration of metal ion binding sites in RNA folds by Brownian-dynamics simulations

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1303-1314

  Hermann, Thomas ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Hammerhead ribozyme; Magnesium ions; RNA aptamers; rRNA; tRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032532765     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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