A common motif organizes the structure of multi-helix loops in 16 S and 23 S ribosomal RNAs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-583

  Leontis, Neocles B ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Multi helix loops; Phylogenetic analysis; Recurrent motif; RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 5S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032582795     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2106     Document Type: Article

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