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Structural and functional accommodation of nucleotide variations at a conserved tRNA tertiary base pair.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 1995
Sterner T, Jansen M, Hou Y M
Abstract excerpt
The U8:A14 tertiary base pair of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) stabilizes the sharp turn from the acceptor stem to the dihydrouridine stem. This tertiary base pair is important for the overall L-shaped tRNA structure. Inspection of tRNA sequences shows that U8:A14 is highly conserved. However, variations of U8:A14 are found in natural sequences. This raises the question of whether all 16 permutations of U8:A14 can be...
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