Thermodynamics of RNA melting, one base pair at a time

RNA

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1687-1691

  Nikolova, Evgenia N ^a   Al Hashimi, Hashim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pair thermodynamics; NMR imino proton exchange; Riboswitches; RNA folding and melting; RNA thermosensors

Indexed keywords

RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; WATER;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA;

BASE PAIRING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 77956036446     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2235010     Document Type: Note

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