Noncanonical G(syn)-G(anti) base pairs stabilized by sulphate anions in two X-ray structures of the (GUGGUCUGAUGAGGCC) RNA duplex

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1845-1851

  Rypniewski, Wojciech ^a   Adamiak, Dorota A ^a   Milecki, Jan ^b   Adamiak, Ryszard W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Base pairing; Crystal structure; Duplex; G(syn) G(anti); RNA; Sulphate anion

Indexed keywords

ANION; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PURINE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIONS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; SULFATES;

EID: 50649124723     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1164308     Document Type: Article

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