B12 cofactors directly stabilize an mRNA regulatory switch

Nature

Volumn 492, Issue 7427, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Johnson, James E ^a   Reyes, Francis E ^a,b   Polaski, Jacob T ^a   Batey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSWITCH; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMODYNAMICS; VITAMIN B 12;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA; STABILIZATION;

EID: 84870539710     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11607     Document Type: Letter

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