Thermodynamic characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase RNA pseudoknot domain in vitro

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 973-991

  Liu, Fei ^a   Kim, Yoora ^a   Cruickshank, Charmion ^a   Theimer, Carla A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational equilibrium; Pseudoknot; RNA thermodynamics; Telomerase; TLC1

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; TELOMERASE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859962462     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.030924.111     Document Type: Article

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