Role of the Adenine Ligand on the Stabilization of the Secondary and Tertiary Interactions in the Adenine Riboswitch

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1422-1438

  Priyakumar, U Deva ^a,b   MacKerell Jr , Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adenine riboswitch; Aptamer; Base pairing; Binding energy; Molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; LIGAND; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; SIMULATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 77649274141     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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