Molecular insights into the ligand-controlled organization of the SAM-I riboswitch

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 384-392

  Heppell, Benoit ^a   Blouin, Simon ^a   Dussault, Anne Marie ^a   Mulhbacher, Jérôme ^a   Ennifar, Eric ^b   Penedo, J Carlos ^c   Lafontaine, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; APTAMER; CYSTEINE; MAGNESIUM; METAL ION; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE TYPE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING;

EID: 79956101942     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.563     Document Type: Article

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