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A packing-density metric for exploring the interior of folded RNA molecules
Schwans, Jason P.,Li, Nan-Sheng,Piccirilli, Joseph A.
, p. 3033 - 3037 (2004)
The intricate architectures of RNA molecules often contain expansive close-packed interfaces. The folding of the well-defined P4-P6 RNA domain was challenged by using a series of 2′-modified nucleotides with a narrow range of molecular volumes. The resulting folding interferences (see picture) reflect the spatial environment of the 2′-hydroxy groups and thereby define a packing-density metric.
