Thermodynamics of site-specific variant tRNA(Ala) acceptor stem microhairpins

E Biala; W McClain; P Strazewski

doi:10.1080/07328319908044788

Thermodynamics of site-specific variant tRNA(Ala) acceptor stem microhairpins

Nucleosides Nucleotides. 1999 Jun-Jul;18(6-7):1575-6. doi: 10.1080/07328319908044788.

Authors

E Biala¹, W McClain, P Strazewski

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 10474233
DOI: 10.1080/07328319908044788

Abstract

Thermal denaturation studies were carried out on a set of site-specific variants of a 22mer RNA hairpin comprising the aminoacyl acceptor stem sequence of E. coli tRNA(Ala). The pairing thermodynamics were calculated from the melting profiles.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Base Sequence
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Conformation*
Nucleic Acid Denaturation
RNA, Transfer, Ala / chemistry*
Thermodynamics

Substances

RNA, Transfer, Ala

Grants and funding

GM42123/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States