Fast folding mutants of the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme reveal a rugged folding energy landscape

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-620

  Rook, Martha S ^a   Treiber, Daniel K ^a   Williamson, James R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding energy landscapes; RNA folding; Tetrahymena group I ribozyme

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; SOLVENT; UREA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHALPY; KINETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TETRAHYMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0032575759     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1960     Document Type: Article

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