Ligand binding by the tandem glycine riboswitch depends on aptamer dimerization but not double ligand occupancy

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1775-1788

  Ruff, Karen M ^a   Strobel, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Dimerization; Glycine; Riboswitch; Tandem

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; GLYCINE; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSWITCH;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSWITCH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BINDING SITES; GLYCINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84908133094     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.047266.114     Document Type: Article

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