Self-induced structural switches in RNA

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 913-923

  Nagel, Jord H A ^a   Pleij, Cornelis W A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kinetic trap; Metastable structure; RNA; RNA folding; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SWITCHING; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INTRON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; R PLASMID; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA; TRANSACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036761093     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)01448-7     Document Type: Article

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