Computational Study of Unfolding and Regulation Mechanism of preQ1 Riboswitches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gong, Zhou ^a   Zhao, Yunjie ^a   Chen, Changjun ^a   Xiao, Yi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RIBOSWITCH;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSWITCH; RNA FOLDING; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84866463347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045239     Document Type: Article

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