Molecular dynamics of the frame-shifting pseudoknot from beet western yellows virus: The role of non-Watson-Crick base-pairing, ordered hydration, cation binding and base mutations on stability and unfolding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1073-1091

  Csaszar, Kristina ^a   Špačková, Nad'a ^b   Štefl, Richard ^c   Šponer, Jiří ^b,d   Leontis, Neocles B ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beet western yellows virus; Molecular dynamics simulation; Non Watson Crick base pairs; Pseudoknot

Indexed keywords

CATION; RNA; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BEET WESTERN YELLOW VIRUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; VIRUS;

BEET WESTERN YELLOWS VIRUS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 0035834495     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5100     Document Type: Article

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