Molecular dynamics simulations of RNA kissing-loop motifs reveal structural dynamics and formation of cation-binding pockets

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6942-6952

  Réblová, Kamila ^b   Špačková, Nad'a ^a   Šponer, Judit E ^a   Koča, Jaroslav ^b   Šponer, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CATION; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MAGNESIUM ION; RNA; SODIUM ION;

BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS; HIV-1; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; SODIUM; WATER;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 17944388579     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg880     Document Type: Review

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