… Mg 2+ in stabilizing DNA and RNA helices. The tightly bound ion model makes quantitative
predictions on how the Na + -Mg 2+ competition determines helix stability and its helix length-…

… We survey a number of specific systems in which Mg2 –RNA … an RNA in a mixed salt (eg,
MgCl2 and NaCl) solution as30 … concentration of Na along with a fixed concentration of Mg2. …

… different ratios of Na+/Mg2+ on RNA duplex stability. Optical … to predict RNA stability in
mixed Na+/Mg2+ solutions. In this … when [Mg2+] is comparable to [Na+] that helix stability will …

… in mixed divalent/monovalent ion solutions with desired bulk ion concentrations via molecular
dynamics (MD) simulations and investigated the competitive binding of Mg 2+ /Na + … RNA …

… Na + counterions were replaced with Mg 2+ . The exchange rates of imino protons were
measured for a solution of this triple helix … of Mg2+ ions (A) and in the presence of 100 mM Mg2+ …

… Although is defined in terms of molal quantities, the solutions … suggests that BWYV RNA folds
into a stable pseudoknot at Na + … in the unfolding of Helix 1 in BWYV RNA, whereas the T M …

… ) RNAs play essential roles in many processes of cell metabolism. The knowledge of
three-dimensional (3D) structure, stability, and flexibility of dsRNAs in salt solutions is … , stability, …

… with RNA/DNA, such as the tendency to form A-type helices and a … for Na+, in terms of
equivalent sodium concentration and … cations Mg2+, as well as mixed mono- and divalent Mg2++K…

… To answer questions about the effects of ions on RNA stability, a coherent framework
based … -stranded poly(U) to a double-helical RNA is because of the closer phosphate–phosphate …

… –loop complexes where two RNA hairpins interact through … were extensively equilibrated in
the appropriate solution … between the Na + and Mg 2+ complexes: the Na + complexes show …