Specificity of Mg2+ binding at the Group II intron branch site

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Schlatterer, Jörg C ^a   Greenbaum, Nancy L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch site; Fluorescence; Group II intron; Lewis acid; Metal ion; NMR

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LEWIS ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; RNA; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTRON; METAL BINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA SPLICING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46049104364     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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