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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
卷 12, 期 6, 页码 640-646出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.011
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- US National Institutes for Health [GM57035, GM66275]
- National Institute for Nanotechnology (National Research Council of Canada)
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R37GM057035, R01GM057035, P01GM066275] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Single-molecule force spectroscopy constitutes a powerful method for probing RNA folding: It allows the kinetic, energetic, and structural properties of intermediate and transition states to be determined quantitatively, yielding new insights into folding pathways and energy landscapes. Recent advances in experimental and theoretical methods, including fluctuation theorems, kinetic theories, novel force clamps, and ultrastable instruments, have opened new avenues for study. These tools have been used to probe folding in simple model systems, for example, RNA and DNA hairpins. Knowledge gained from such systems is helping to build our understanding of more complex RNA structures composed of multiple elements, as well as how nucleic acids interact with proteins involved in key cellular activities, such as transcription and translation.
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