Persistence length changes dramatically as RNA folds

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 26, 2005, Pages

  Caliskan, G ^a,b   Hyeon, C ^c   Perez Salas, U ^b,d   Briber, R M ^c,e   Woodson, S A ^a   Thirumalai, D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBYE-SCREENING LENGTH; RIBOZYME;

POLYELECTROLYTES; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM; X RAY SCATTERING;

RNA;

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOZYME;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 30344443115     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.268303     Document Type: Article

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