The Influence of Monovalent Cation Size on the Stability of RNA Tertiary Structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 390, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-804

  Lambert, Dominic ^a   Leipply, Desirae ^b   Shiman, Ross ^a   Draper, David E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

kissing loop; pseudoknot; riboswitch; salt dependence; tetraloop receptor

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; COBINAMIDE; LIGAND; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LITHIUM ION; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM ION; RNA; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 67649359324     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.083     Document Type: Article

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