The cellular environment stabilizes adenine riboswitch RNA structure

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 8777-8785

  Tyrrell, Jillian ^a   McGinnis, Jennifer L ^a   Weeks, Kevin M ^a   Pielak, Gary J ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; IN-VITRO ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; PRIMER EXTENSION; RIBOSWITCHES; RNA STRUCTURES; TIME-SCALES;

CELLS; CONFORMATIONS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGANDS;

RNA;

ADENINE; APTAMER; BACTERIAL RNA; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 84889243990     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi401207q     Document Type: Article

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