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SUBMITTER: Hodak JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1180751 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hodak Jose H JH Downey Christopher D CD Fiore Julie L JL Pardi Arthur A Nesbitt David J DJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050715 30
Docking kinetics and equilibrium of fluorescently labeled RNA molecules are studied with single-molecule FRET methods. Time-resolved FRET is used to monitor docking/undocking transitions for RNAs containing a single GAAA tetraloop-receptor tertiary interaction connected by a flexible single-stranded linker. The rate constants for docking and undocking are measured as a function of Mg2+, revealing a complex dependence on metal ion concentration. Despite the simplicity of this model system, confor ...[more]