Visualizing large RNA molecules in solution

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-299

  Gopal, Ajaykumar ^a   Zhou, Z Hong ^a   Knobler, Charles M ^a   Gelbart, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Conformational ensemble; Cryo EM; Large RNA; Tertiary structure; Viral RNA

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SOLUTIONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84862940425     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.027557.111     Document Type: Article

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