The structural stabilization of the i three-way junction by Mg(II) represents the first step in the folding of a group II intron

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2489-2504

  Donghi, Daniela ^a   Pechlaner, Maria ^a   Finazzo, Cinzia ^a   Knobloch, Bernd ^a   Sigel, Roland K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; MAGNESIUM ION; RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; COBALT AMMONIUM COMPLEX; MAGNESIUM; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA FOLDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COBALT; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTONS; RNA FOLDING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876357338     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1179     Document Type: Article

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