Cations in charge: Magnesium ions in RNA folding and catalysis

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-272

  Bowman, Jessica C ^a   Lenz, Timothy K ^a   Hud, Nicholas V ^a   Williams, Loren Dean ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; RIBOZYME;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA FOLDING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CATIONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RNA FOLDING; RNA, CATALYTIC; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84862592400     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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