Hinge-like motions in RNA Kink-turns: The role of the second A-minor motif and nominally unpaired bases

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3466-3485

  Rázga, Filip ^a,b   Koča, Jaroslav ^a   Šponer, Jiři ^a,b,c   Leontis, Neocles B ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA KINK TURN MOTIF; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17844375121     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.054916     Document Type: Article

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