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RNA chiropractics

The co-crystal structure of VP39 recognizing a eukaryotic mRNA reveals non-specifc protein–RNA interactions that saturate the polynucleotide backbone with contacts while ignoring the bases.

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Sonenberg, N., Burley, S. & Gingras, AC. RNA chiropractics. Nat Struct Mol Biol 5, 172–174 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0398-172

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