title: RNA crystallography.
abstract: The current state of three-dimensional structure analysis of RNA by x-ray crystallography is summarized. The methods of sample preparation, crystallization, data collection, and structure solution are discussed, followed by a review of the RNA structures that have been determined and of common structural features, and finally, an appraisal of future prospects for x-ray crystal structure analysis of RNA.
authors.affiliation: Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Holbrook
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012313:RNA