Nanopore electric snapshots of an RNA tertiary folding pathway

While RNA folding is critical for its function, study of this process is challenging. Here, the authors combine nanopore single-molecule manipulation with theoretical analysis to follow the folding of an RNA pseudoknot, monitoring the intermediate states and the kinetics of their interconversion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xinyue Zhang, Dong Zhang, Chenhan Zhao, Kai Tian, Ruicheng Shi, Xiao Du, Andrew J. Burcke, Jing Wang, Shi-Jie Chen, Li-Qun Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01588-z