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. 1979 Oct 25;7(4):1043–1057. doi: 10.1093/nar/7.4.1043

Determination of base pairing in Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus 5S RNAs by infrared spectroscopy.

B Appel, V A Erdmann, J Stulz, T Ackerman
PMCID: PMC342281  PMID: 388350

Abstract

The extent of base pairing in Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus 5S RNAs was determined by infrared spectroscopy. From the infrared spectra taken at 20 degrees and 52 degrees C it is concluded that E. coli and B. stearothermophlius 5S RNAs possess a large number of base pairs (Table I). Comparison of our results with those previously published using other methods leads to the conclusion that the structures of prokaryotic 5S RNAs involve a large number of tertiary interactions, in which the base pairing is not necessarily solely of the Watson-Crick type.

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