Conformational heterogeneity of the SAM-I riboswitch transcriptional on state: A chaperone-like role for S-adenosyl methionine

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 418, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-349

  Huang, Wei ^a   Kim, Joohyun ^a   Jha, Shantenu ^a,b   Aboul Ela, Fareed ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformation ensemble; dimmer switch; riboswitch; RNA; secondary structure prediction

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CYSTEINE; LIGAND; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 84859702878     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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