A two-stage mechanism of viral RNA compaction revealed by single molecule fluorescence

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Borodavka, Alexander ^a   Tuma, Roman ^a   Stockley, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

RNA folding; Single molecule fluorescence; Viral genomes

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA FOLDING; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME;

MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84878734553     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.23838     Document Type: Review

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