Ligand-induced stabilization of the aptamer terminal helix in the add adenine riboswitch

RNA

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1517-1524

  Di Palma, Francesco ^a   Colizzi, Francesco ^a   Bussi, Giovanni ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenine riboswitch; Free energy calculation; Molecular dynamics simulation; P1 stem; RNA aptamer

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; APTAMER; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENINE RIBOSWITCH; FREE ENERGY CALCULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; P1 STEM; RNA APTAMER;

ADENINE; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84885985615     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.040493.113     Document Type: Article

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