Dynamics of the IRE RNA hairpin loop probed by 2-aminopurine fluorescence and stochastic dynamics simulations

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-47

  Hall, Kathleen B ^a   Williams, D Jeremy ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Divergence Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

2 aminopurine; Fluorescence; IRE RNA; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; RNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

2-AMINOPURINE; HUMANS; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345731284     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5133404     Document Type: Article

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