Tertiary structure of an RNA pseudoknot is stabilized by "diffuse" Mg2+ ions

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2973-2983

  Soto, Ana Maria ^a,c   Misra, Vinod ^b   Draper, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FREE ENERGY; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; METAL IONS; POISSON EQUATION;

POISSON BOLTZMANN EQUATION; RNA PSEUDOKNOTS; TERTIARY STRUCTURES; THERMAL MELTING;

RNA;

MAGNESIUM ION; RNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; LUTEOVIRUS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33947425219     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0616753     Document Type: Article

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