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Recognition of tertiary structure in tRNAs by Rh(phen)2phi3+, a new reagent for RNA structure-function mapping.
Biochemistry - 4 Feb 1992
Chow C S, Behlen L S, Uhlenbeck O C, Barton J K
Abstract excerpt
With photoactivation Rh(phen)2phi3+ promotes strand cleavage at sites of tertiary interaction in tRNA. The rhodium complex, which binds double-helical DNA by intercalation in the major groove, yields no cleavage in double-helical regions of the RNA or in unstructured single-stranded regions. Instead, Rh(phen)2phi3+ appears to target regions which are structured so that the major groove is open and accessible for...
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