Motif prediction in ribosomal RNAs: Lessons and prospects for automated motif prediction in homologous RNA molecules

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 961-973

  Leontis, N B ^a   Stombaugh, J ^a   Westhof, E ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Hoogsteen edge; Non Watson Crick basepair; RNA motif; Sugar edge

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BASE PAIRING; COVARIANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOMETRY; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036760665     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)01463-3     Document Type: Article

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