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Structure of branchpoints in RNA molecules

ReferenceB05705
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor David Lilley
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Dundee
DepartmentCollege of Life Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 159,809
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/04/1996
End date 01/04/1999
Duration36 months

Abstract

Helical junctions are very significant elements in biologically important RNA molecules, including snRNAs and some ribozymes. We have a great deal of experience in the study of the global structure of helical junctions in DNA, and we will use our methods to study three- and four-way junctions in RNA. This will involve principally electrophoretic methods, fluorescence resonance energy transfer and chemical probing. We aim to deduce the general folding principles for helical junctions in RNA, and apply this to a number of biological junctions including those in U1 snRNA, the U4/U6 complex of snRNA and the hairpin ribozyme.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
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