Solution structure of a luteoviral P1-P2 frameshifting mRNA pseudoknot

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 621-633

  Nixon, Paul L ^a   Rangan, Anupama ^b   Kim, Y G ^c   Rich, Alexander ^c   Hoffman, David W ^b   Hennig, Mirko ^d   Giedroc, David P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base quadruple; Protonated cytidine; RNA pseudoknot; RNA triple helix

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; LUTEOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; TRIPLE HELIX;

BEET WESTERN YELLOWS VIRUS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; PEA ENATION MOSAIC VIRUS; PEA ENATION MOSAIC VIRUS-1; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0036385783     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00779-9     Document Type: Article

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