SHAPE analysis of long-range interactions reveals extensive and thermodynamically preferred misfolding in a fragile group I intron RNA

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 8504-8513

  Duncan, Caia D S ^a   Weeks, Kevin M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FORMING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

A-STABLE; ACTIVE CONFORMATION; ACTIVE STRUCTURES; LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS; MISFOLDING; NATIVE STRUCTURES; PRIMER EXTENSIONS; PROTEIN COFACTORS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SHAPE-ANALYSIS; STABLE STRUCTURES; TERTIARY STRUCTURES;

RNA;

RNA;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EXON; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 49749103581     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800207b     Document Type: Article

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