An intermolecular RNA triplex provides insight into structural determinants for the pseudoknot stimulator of -1 ribosomal frameshifting

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1676-1685

  Chou, Ming Yuan ^a   Chang, Kung Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; MUTATION;

FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 77950496505     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1107     Document Type: Article

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