Structural features and thermodynamics of the J4/5 loop from the Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis group I introns

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 15822-15837

  Znosko, Brent M ^a,b   Kennedy, Scott D ^a   Wille, Pamela C ^a   Krugh, Thomas R ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CONFORMATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SELF-SPLICING REACTIONS; TERTIARY INTERACTIONS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; INTRONS; PURINES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 10844231043     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049256y     Document Type: Article

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