Solution structure of an RNA internal loop with three consecutive sheared GA pairs

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2845-2856

  Chen, Gang ^a   Znosko, Brent M ^a,c   Kennedy, Scott D ^b   Krugh, Thomas R ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SOLUTION STRUCTURE;

RNA;

ADENOSINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 14344256105     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048079y     Document Type: Article

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