Analysis of Riboswitch Structure and Function by an Energy Landscape Framework

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 993-1003

  Quarta, Giulio ^a   Kim, Namhee ^a   Izzo, Joseph A ^a   Schlick, Tamar ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; cluster analysis; energy landscape; gene regulation; thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) riboswitch

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349828995     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.062     Document Type: Article

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