Compact intermediates in RNA folding

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-77

  Woodson, Sarah A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse transition; Energy landscape; Hydroxyl radical footprinting; Ribozyme; SAXS; Single molecule FRET

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

AZOARCUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AZOARCUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 77952896659     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.093008.131334     Document Type: Review

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