Single-molecule transition-state analysis of RNA folding
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Single-molecule transition-state analysis of RNA folding.
How RNA molecules fold into functional structures is a problem of great significance given the expanding list of essential cellular RNA enzymes and the increasing number of applications of RNA in biotechnology and medicine. A critical step toward solving the RNA folding problem is the characterization of the associated transition states. This is a challenging task in part because the rugged ene...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1133280100