Enzymatic probing analysis of an engineered riboswitch reveals multiple off conformations

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 696-705

  Muranaka, Norihito ^a   Sharma, Vandana ^a   Yokobayashi, Yohei ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; riboswitch; RNA aptamers; RNA conformation

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SYNTHESIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE;

EID: 80052657847     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.597367     Document Type: Article

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