Comparison of the crystal and solution structures of two RNA oligonucleotides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 65-75

  Rife, Jason P ^a   Stallings, Sarah C ^a   Correll, Carl C ^a,c   Dallas, Anne ^a,b   Steitz, Thomas A ^a   Moore, Peter B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032959711     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77178-X     Document Type: Article

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