Structural characterization of the 69 nucleotide potato spindle tuber viroid left-terminal domain by NMR and thermodynamic analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 751-767

  Dingley, Andrew J ^a,b,d   Steger, Gerhard ^a   Esters, Bernd ^a   Riesner, Detlev ^a   Grzesiek, Stephan ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ConStruct; Nucleic acid; PSTVd; RNA structure; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PLANT; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROID;

POSPIVIROIDAE; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIROIDS;

EID: 0242468044     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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