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Thermodynamics of ion-induced RNA folding in the hammerhead ribozyme: an isothermal titration calorimetric study.
Biochemistry - 6 Feb 2001
Hammann C, Cooper A, Lilley D M
Abstract excerpt
The hammerhead ribozyme undergoes a well-defined two-stage conformational folding process, induced by the binding of magnesium ions. In this study, we have used isothermal titration calorimetry to analyze the thermodynamics of magnesium binding and magnesium ion-induced folding of the ribozyme. Binding to the natural sequence ribozyme is strongly exothermic and can be analyzed in terms of sequential interaction...
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