Dependence of RNA tertiary structural stability on Mg2+ concentration: Interpretation of the hill equation and coefficient

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1843-1853

  Leipply, Desirae ^a   Draper, David E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; HILL COEFFICIENT; HILL EQUATION; ION UPTAKE; PREFERENTIAL INTERACTION; RIBOSWITCHES; RNA STRUCTURES; RNA TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE BINDING; SOLUTION CONDITIONS; SPECIFIC SITES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IONS; STABILITY; TITRATION;

RNA;

ADENINE; CHLORIDE ION; DYE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HILL COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA STRUCTURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHLORIDES; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 77749286433     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi902036j     Document Type: Article

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