Denaturation of RNA secondary and tertiary structure by urea: Simple unfolded state models and free energy parameters account for measured m -values

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 9014-9026

  Lambert, Dominic ^a   Draper, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE SURFACE; DRIVING FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FREE-ENERGY PARAMETERS; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LITERATURE DATA; MOLALITIES; MONOVALENT SALT; RNA STRUCTURES; SECONDARY AND TERTIARY STRUCTURES; SOLVENT ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; SOLVENT-ACCESSIBLE SURFACES; STATE MODELS; STRONG INTERACTION; TERTIARY STRUCTURES;

CONFORMATIONS; DENATURATION; FREE ENERGY; RNA; UREA;

METABOLISM;

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENATURATION; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA DENATURATION; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA UNFOLDING; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ENTROPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 84868526664     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi301103j     Document Type: Article

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