The 1.8 Å crystal structure of a statically disordered 17 base-pair RNA duplex: Principles of RNA crystal packing and its effect on nucleic acid structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1577-1588

  Shah, Sapan A ^a   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Intensity statistics; RNA; Wilson ratio; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HYDROXYL GROUP; METAL ION; OLIGOMER; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; BROMINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BROMINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

EID: 0033613559     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2385     Document Type: Article

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