Probing RNA Structure and Function in Solution
Abstract
Because of its complex and versatile nature, RNA structure determination remains an arduous task. Although a number of RNA structures have been solved at high resolution by X-ray crystallography (see Holbrook, this volume), the major requirement for successful crystallization remains the stability of the studied molecule. In addition, the information is for the most part necessarily static. Techniques for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of RNA are improving rapidly, but so far rather small RNA molecules have been studied (for review, see Wyatt and Tinoco 1993). Besides these physical approaches, alternative and complementary strategies have been developed to study complex RNA structure in solution. These techniques include approaches for predicting (comparative sequence analysis, computer prediction, molecular modeling) and for testing experimentally the RNA structure (biochemical and genetic approaches).
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PDFDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/0.77-115