Bistable secondary structures of small RNAs and their structural probing by comparative imino proton NMR spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-431

  Höbartner, Claudia ^a   Micura, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conformational equilibria; Imino protons; Multistable RNAs; RNA folding; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037225166     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01243-3     Document Type: Article

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