Structure and mechanism of purine-binding riboswitches

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-381

  Batey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PURINES; RIBOSWITCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84865231710     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583512000078     Document Type: Review

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