A conserved RNA pseudoknot in a putative molecular switch domain of the 3′-untranslated region of coronaviruses is only marginally stable

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1747-1759

  Stammler, Suzanne N ^a   Cao, Song ^b,c   Chen, Shi Jie ^b,c   Giedroc, David P ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational switch; Coronavirus replication; Mouse hepatitis virus; RNA folding; RNA pseudoknot; SARS CoV

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PSEUDOKNOT; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CORONAVIRUS; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84860390119     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2816711     Document Type: Article

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