Session: Sequence-Dependent Curvature and Deformation in Nucleic Acids and Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes


PHYS		Wednesday, March 26, 2003

8:30 AM-12:10 PM Convention Center -- Room 284,Oral
Sequence-Dependent Curvature and Deformation in Nucleic Acids and Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes
RNA Folding/Structure
Presiding:	Nancy L. Greenbaum
Organizers:	Nancy C. Stellwagen Udayan Mohanty
8:30 AM	177	Monovalent cations mediate formation of native tertiary structure by the Tetrahymena thermophila ribozyme: Implications for the folding kinetics Michael Brenowitz, Keiji Takamoto, Stephanie Morris, Takeshi Uchida, Inna Shcherbakova, Mark R. Chance
9:10 AM	178	Folding of catalytic RNA molecules David M.J. Lilley
9:50 AM	179	Physical basis for the self-chaperoning activity of an RNA collapsed state Kevin M. Weeks, Karen L. Buchmueller
10:30 AM		Intermission
10:50 AM	180	Biophysical studies of telomerase RNA structure and mutations linked to disease Juli Feigon
11:30 AM	181	Structure of the spliceosomal pre-mRNA branch site duplex defined by a conserved pseudouridine residue Nancy L. Greenbaum, Meredith I. Newby
11:50 AM	182	Structural perturbations in disease-related human tRNAs Shana O. Kelley, Lisa M. Wittenhagen, Marc D. Roy

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