Molecular dynamics simulations of sarcin-ricin rRNA motif

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 697-708

  Špačková, Nad'a ^a   Šponer, Jiří ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CATION; HYPOXANTHINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN; RNA 23S; RNA 28S; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; CATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RATS; RICIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 32644451166     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj470     Document Type: Article

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