title: RNAs' uracil quartet model with a non-essential metal ion.
abstract: We have recently communicated the resemblance of 1-hexyluracil in the crystal state with a lipid bilayer (CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 362-365). Treatment of this molecule with silver nitrate yields a model, using a non-essential metal ion, of a uracil quartet with geometric parameters comparable to those previously found in RNA strands.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera Valldemossa km 7.5, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain. miquel.barcelo@uib.es toni.frontera@uib.es
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barceló-Oliver
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Estarellas
authors.forename: Àngel
authors.initials: À
authors.lastname: Terrón
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: García-Raso
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frontera
mesh_terms: D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D012835:Silver Nitrate / Q000737:chemistry*; D014498:Uracil / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D014498:Uracil; D012313:RNA; D012835:Silver Nitrate