Basis for ligand discrimination between ON and OFF state riboswitch conformations: The case of the SAM-I riboswitch

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1230-1243

  Boyapati, Vamsi Krishna ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Spedale, Jessica ^a   Aboul Ela, Fareed ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Ligand binding; Riboswitch; RNA folding; S adenosyl methionine

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; HYBRID; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSWITCH;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA; RNA FOLDING; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84861357374     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.032177.111     Document Type: Article

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