Structural insights into the stabilization of MALAT1 noncoding RNA by a bipartite triple helix

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 633-640

  Brown, Jessica A ^a   Bulkley, David ^a   Wang, Jimin ^a   Valenstein, Max L ^a   Yario, Therese A ^a   Steitz, Thomas A ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; METASTASIS ASSOCIATED LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA TRANSCRIPT 1 NONCODING RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IN VIVO DECAY ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; TRIPLE HELIX;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84903903469     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2844     Document Type: Article

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