Metal Ion Dependence of Cooperative Collapse Transitions in RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 753-764

  Moghaddam, Sarvin ^a   Caliskan, Gokhan ^b   Chauhan, Seema ^c   Hyeon, Changbong ^d   Briber, R M ^a   Thirumalai, D ^e   Woodson, Sarah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

counterion; ribozyme; RNA folding; SAXS; singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CATION; COUNTERION; MAGNESIUM ION; RIBOZYME; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AZOARCUS; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 70349786532     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.044     Document Type: Article

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