Dramatic improvement of crystals of large RNAs by cation replacement and dehydration

Structure

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1363-1371

  Zhang, Jinwei ^a   Ferré D'Amaré, Adrian R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; COUNTERION; LITHIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM SULFATE; MAGNESIUM; RIBOSWITCH; STRONTIUM; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDRATION; ION DISPLACEMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DESICCATION; PROCEDURES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DESICCATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, TRANSFER; STRONTIUM; SULFATES;

EID: 84929317576     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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