G.U base pairing motifs in ribosomal RNA

• Published in: RNA (Cambridge) Vol. 1; no. 8; pp. 807 - 814
• Main Authors: Gautheret, D, Konings, D, Gutell, R R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1995
• Subjects: Base Composition; Base Sequence; Conserved Sequence; Guanine; Models, Molecular; Nucleic Acid Conformation; RNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal - classification; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 23S - chemistry; Sequence Alignment; Uracil

An increasing number of recognition mechanisms in RNA are found to involve G.U base pairs. In order to detect new functional sites of this type, we exhaustively analyzed the sequence alignments and secondary structures of eubacterial and chloroplast 16S and 23S rRNA, seeking positions with high leve...