Tetracycline Determines the Conformation of Its Aptamer at Physiological Magnesium Concentrations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2962-2971

  Reuss, Andreas J ^a   Vogel, Marc ^b   Weigand, Julia E ^b   Suess, Beatrix ^b   Wachtveitl, Josef ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM; RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84937160252     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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