Insights into ligand binding to preQ1 riboswitch aptamer from molecular dynamics simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Gong, Zhou ^a   Zhao, Yunjie ^a   Chen, Changjun ^a   Duan, Yong ^a,b   Xiao, Yi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AMINOMETHYL 7 DEAZAGUANINE; APTAMER; CYTOSINE; QUEUOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIGAND; RIBOSWITCH; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSWITCH; TRANSLATION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84899761161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092247     Document Type: Article

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