Principles of RNA compaction: Insights from the equilibrium folding pathway of the P4-P6 RNA domain in monovalent cations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1195-1206

  Takamoto, Keiji ^a   Das, Rhiju ^b   He, Qin ^a   Doniach, Sebastian ^b   Brenowitz, Michael ^a   Herschlag, Daniel ^b   Chance, Mark R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compaction; electrostatic relaxation; P4 P6 domain; RNA folding; tertiary interaction formation

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; MONOVALENT CATION; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SCREENING; TETRAHYMENA; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 6344242969     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.080     Document Type: Article

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