Nucleic acid structure characterization by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.51, 2012, Pages

  Burke, Jordan E ^a   Butcher, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; NMR; Nucleic acid structure; RNA folding; SAXS

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SOFTWARE; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84878157779     PISSN: 19349270     EISSN: 19349289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc0718s51     Document Type: Article

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