Caracterización del paisaje de energía libre conformacional de los bucles madre de ARN utilizando transistores de

Sukjin S Jang1, Sarah Dubnik1, Jason Hon1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York10027, United States.

Resumen

Los transistores de efecto de campo de una sola molécula (smFET) revelan que el plegamiento del bucle del tallo del ARN ocurre en una escala de tiempo de 1-200 ms. Esto demuestra un paisaje energético robusto incluso para estructuras simples de ARN, proporcionando nuevos conocimientos sobre la dinámica de plegamiento del ARN.

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