The fastest global events in RNA folding: Electrostatic relaxation and tertiary collapse of the tetrahymena ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 311-319

  Das, Rhiju ^a,b   Kwok, Lisa W ^c   Millett, Ian S ^a   Bai, Yu ^a,b   Mills, Thalia T ^c   Jacob, Jaby ^d,e   Maskel, Gregory S ^c   Seifert, Soenke ^d   Mochrie, Simon G J ^f   Thiyagarajan, P ^d   Doniach, Sebastian ^a   Pollack, Lois ^c   Herschlag, Daniel ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst phase; Electrostatic relaxation; Molten globule; RNA folding; Time resolved small angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; TETRAHYMENA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0042009114     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00854-4     Document Type: Article

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