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Bulged residues promote the progression of a loop-loop interaction to a stable and inhibitory antisense-target RNA complex.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Aug 2001
Kolb F A, Westhof E, Ehresmann C, Ehresmann B, Wagner E G, Romby P
Abstract excerpt
In several groups of bacterial plasmids, antisense RNAs regulate copy number through inhibition of replication initiator protein synthesis. These RNAs are characterized by a long hairpin structure interrupted by several unpaired residues or bulged loops. In plasmid R1, the inhibitory complex between the antisense RNA (CopA) and its target mRNA (CopT) is characterized by a four-way junction structure and a...
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