title: Native secondary structure formation in RNA may be a slave to tertiary folding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Institute For Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20472, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thirumalai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D007438:Introns; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013768:Tetrahymena / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012313:RNA; D008274:Magnesium