A possible tertiary rRNA interaction between expansion segments ES3 and ES6 in eukaryotic 40S ribosomal subunits

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Alkemar, Gunnar ^a,b   Nygård, Odd ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 40S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037276155     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2108203     Document Type: Article

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