RNA Kink-Turns as Molecular Elbows: Hydration, Cation Binding, and Large-Scale Dynamics

Structure

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 825-835

  Rázga, Filip ^a   Zacharias, Martin ^b   Réblová, Kamila ^a   Koča, Jaroslav ^c   Šponer, Jiří ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DYNAMICS; HYDRATION; KINK TURN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 33646357500     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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