Triplex structures in an RNA pseudoknot enhance mechanical stability and increase efficiency of -1 ribosomal frameshifting

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 12706-12711

  Chen, Gang ^a   Chang, Kung Yao ^b   Chou, Ming Yuan ^b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a   Tinoco Jr , Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Optical tweezers; RNA folding; RNA triplexes; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; FORCE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 69149104281     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905046106     Document Type: Article

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