Mg2+ binding to tRNA revisited: The nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann model

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 813-825

  Misra, Vinod K ^a   Draper, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Magnesium; Poisson Boltzmann; RNA folding; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034625314     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3769     Document Type: Article

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