Riboswitch folding: One at a time and step by step

RNA Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fernández Luna, María Teresa ^a   Miranda Ríos, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adenine; FRET; Optical tweezers; Riboswitches; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BIOPHYSICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE MEASURING OPTICAL TWEEZER; IMAGING SYSTEM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

ADENINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 42549093711     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.5.1.5974     Document Type: Review

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