A Comparison of the Crystal Structures of Eukaryotic and Bacterial SSU Ribosomal RNAs Reveals Common Structural Features in the Hypervariable Regions

Jung C. Lee; Robin R. Gutell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038203

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A Comparison of the Crystal Structures of Eukaryotic and Bacterial SSU Ribosomal RNAs Reveals Common Structural Features in the Hypervariable Regions

Jung C. Lee ,

* E-mail: lee@msoe.edu (JCL); robin.gutell@mail.utexas.edu (RRG)

Current address: BioMolecular Engineering, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Robin R. Gutell

* E-mail: lee@msoe.edu (JCL); robin.gutell@mail.utexas.edu (RRG)

Affiliation Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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A Comparison of the Crystal Structures of Eukaryotic and Bacterial SSU Ribosomal RNAs Reveals Common Structural Features in the Hypervariable Regions

Jung C. Lee,
Robin R. Gutell

Published: May 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038203

About the Authors

Jung C. Lee

* E-mail: lee@msoe.edu (JCL); robin.gutell@mail.utexas.edu (RRG)

Current address: BioMolecular Engineering, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Robin R. Gutell

* E-mail: lee@msoe.edu (JCL); robin.gutell@mail.utexas.edu (RRG)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCL RRG. Analyzed the data: JCL RRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCL RRG. Wrote the paper: JCL RRG.

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