Analysis of RNA motifs

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 300-308

  Leontis, Neocles B ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

BASE PAIRING; CHLOROPLAST; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038170063     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00076-9     Document Type: Review

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