Solution Structure and Dynamics of the Wild-type Pseudoknot of Human Telomerase RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1249-1261

  Kim, Nak Kyoon ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Theimer, Carla A ^a   Peterson, Robert D ^a   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics; NMR; RNA pseudoknot; structure; telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 56949105325     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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