Minor groove RNA triplex in the crystal structure of a ribosomal frameshifting viral pseudoknot

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-292

  Su, Li ^a   Chen, Liqing ^a,b   Egli, Martin ^c   Berger, James M ^d,e   Rich, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LUTEOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RNA STRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; IONS; LUTEOVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; WATER;

EID: 0033010932     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6722     Document Type: Article

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