N2-Methylguanosine is iso-energetic with guanosine in RNA duplexes and GNRA tetraloops
Rife J, Cheng C, Moore P, Strobel S. N2-Methylguanosine is iso-energetic with guanosine in RNA duplexes and GNRA tetraloops. Nucleic Acids Research 1998, 26: 3640-3644. PMID: 9685477, PMCID: PMC147776, DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.16.3640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase CompositionBase SequenceGuanosineMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid DenaturationRNAThermodynamicsConceptsM2GGNRA tetraloopRNA duplexesG substitutionSecondary structural stabilityHypermethylated regionsRNA structureNatural RNAPossible functionsRNAWatson-Crick pairsTetraloopNucleotidesN2-methylguanosineRibosomesRRNADuplexMethylationThermodynamic consequencesSubstitutionWide varietyDuplex stabilityPairsFunctionGuanosine