Structural dynamics of double-helical RNAs composed of CUG/CUG- and CUG/CGG-repeats

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-523

  Tamjar, Jevgenia ^a   Katorcha, Elizaveta ^a   Popov, Alexander ^b   Malinina, Lucy ^a  

^a Structural Biology Unit   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Protein bound and protein free U U and G U mismatches; RNA crystal structure; Trinucleotide repeat expansion diseases

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BASE PAIRING; CGG REPEAT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUG REPEAT; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84865645920     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.687517     Document Type: Article

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