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Combined single molecule experimental and computational approaches for understanding the unfolding pathway of a viral translation enhancer that participates in a conformational switch

My-Tra LeDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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Wojciech K. KasprzakBasic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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Bruce A. ShapiroRNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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Anne E. SimonDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1466-1472 | Received 22 Mar 2017, Accepted 26 Apr 2017, Published online: 11 Oct 2017

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