RNA under tension: Folding landscapes, kinetic partitioning mechanism, and molecular tensegrity

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3616-3625

  Lin, Jong Chin ^a   Hyeon, Changbong ^b   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR FUNCTION; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; KEY PARAMETERS; KINETIC PARTITIONING MECHANISMS; NON-CODING RNAS; RIBOSWITCHES; RNA MOLECULES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; TENSEGRITIES; TERTIARY INTERACTIONS;

CONFORMATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION;

RNA;

EID: 84870802321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301537t     Document Type: Article

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