Three-way RNA junctions with remote tertiary contacts: A recurrent and highly versatile fold

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1949-1964

  De La Peña, Marcos ^a   Dufour, David ^b   Gallego, José ^b  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folding; Hammerhead ribozyme; Loop; Ribonucleoprotein; Ribosome; Riboswitch; RNase P; Signal recognition particle; Structure; Tertiary interaction; Three way junction

Indexed keywords

HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; PARALLEL Y RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA;

EID: 70350107533     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1889509     Document Type: Review

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