Changes in side-chain and backbone dynamics identify determinants of specificity in RNA recognition by human U1A protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 967-979

  Mittermaier, Anthony ^a   Varani, Luca ^b   Muhandiram, D R ^a   Kay, Lewis E ^a   Varani, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interaction; NMR; Polyadenylation inhibition element; RNA protein; RNP domain; U1A protein

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033544709     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3311     Document Type: Article

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