mRNA secondary structures fold sequentially but exchange rapidly in vivo

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mahen, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Watson, Peter Y ^a   Cottrell, Joseph W ^a   Fedor, Martha J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77649169870     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000307     Document Type: Article

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