Methods and Reagents for Analyzing Riboswitches

This invention provides isolated riboswitcheslabeled with fluorescent tags, useful for performing single molecule resonanceenergy transfer (smFRET) studies to analyze the dynamics of structural changes in riboswitches. The tagged riboswitches are useful for basicresearch and drug discovery.

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