A complete conformational map for RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-327

  Murthy, Venkatesh L ^a   Srinivasan, Rajgopal ^a   Draper, David E ^b   Rose, George D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA conformation; RNA flexibility; RNA folding; RNA stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032780417     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2958     Document Type: Article

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