Dynamic behavior of the telomerase RNA hairpin structure and its relationship to dyskeratosis congenita

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-42

  Yingling, Yaroslava G ^a   Shapiro, Bruce A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Molecular dynamics simulations; Pseudoknot; RNA; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; SOLVENT; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 16244365573     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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