The Three-dimensional Structure of Genomic RNA in Bacteriophage MS2: Implications for Assembly

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 824-836

  Toropova, Katerina ^a   Basnak, Gabriella ^a   Twarock, Reidun ^b   Stockley, Peter G ^a   Ranson, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atomic structure fitting; cryo electron microscopy; genomic RNA structure; MS2; ssRNA virus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 37349114868     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.067     Document Type: Article

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