RNA loop-loop interactions as dynamic functional motifs

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 925-944

  Brunel, Christine ^a   Marquet, Roland ^a   Romby, Pascale ^a   Ehresmann, Chantal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense RNAs; Bicoid mRNA; HIV 1; RNA dimerization; RNA loop loop interactions

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPLICATION; DOCUMENTATION; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; ANIMAL; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HIV-1; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036761417     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)01401-3     Document Type: Review

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