The 1.3 Å resolution structure of the RNA tridecamer r(GCGUUUGAAACGC): Metal ion binding correlates with base unstacking and groove contraction

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2098-2107

  Timsit, Youri ^a   Bombard, Sophie ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Electrostatic; Monovalent cations; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RNA; SODIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; METAL; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

EID: 36248966494     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.730207     Document Type: Article

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