A Large Collapsed-state RNA Can Exhibit Simple Exponential Single-molecule Dynamics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-953

  Smith, Glenna J ^a,b   Lee, Kang Taek ^a,b   Qu, Xiaohui ^a,b   Xie, Zheng ^a,b   Pesic, Jelena ^a,b   Sosnick, Tobin R ^a,b   Pan, Tao ^a   Scherer, Norbert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

collapsed state; FRET; RNA folding; single molecule

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 41949099426     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.078     Document Type: Article

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