A mechanism for S-adenosyl methionine assisted formation of a riboswitch conformation: A small molecule with a strong arm

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6528-6539

  Huang, Wei ^a   Kim, Joohyun ^a   Jha, Shantenu ^a   Aboul Ela, Fareed ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHATE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSWITCH;

BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHATES; RNA; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 71049194730     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp664     Document Type: Article

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