| Literature DB >> 4000943 |
C W Pleij, K Rietveld, L Bosch.
Abstract
Tertiary interactions involving hairpin or interior loops of RNA can lead to extended quasi-continuous double helical stem regions, consisting of coaxially stacked segments of duplex RNA, bridged by single-stranded connections. This type of compact folding plays a role in various strategic regions of RNA molecules. Their role in ribosome functioning, RNA splicing and recognition of tRNA-like structures is discussed.Mesh:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4000943 PMCID: PMC341107 DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.5.1717
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971