Single-molecule chemical denaturation of riboswitches

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4253-4265

  Dalgarno, Paul A ^a,c   Bordello, Jorge ^a,d   Morris, Rhodri ^a   St Pierre, Patrick ^b   Dubé, Audrey ^b   Samuel, Ifor D W ^a   Lafontaine, Daniel A ^b   Carlos Penedo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; APTAMER; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENATURATION; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RIBOSWITCH; UREA;

EID: 84876559777     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt128     Document Type: Article

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