FÜRTIG GROUP
Junior Research Group
at the
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Goethe University Frankfurt
Research
Mechanisms of Helicases and RNA Chaperones by NMR
RNA folding & NMR
mRNA dynamics at the ribosome
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Recent Publications
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"Combined smFRET and NMR analysis of riboswitch structural dynamics"
Methods, 2018
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"Conformational switch in the ribosomal protein S1 guides unfolding of structured RNAs for translation initiation"
NAR, 2018
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"Direct ¹³C-detected NMR experiments for mapping and characterization of hydrogen bonds in RNA"
J. Biomol. NMR, 2016
...contains an overview over the NMR methods we use to characterize RNA dynamics by NMR and compares these to modern smFRET technologies
...characterization of the bistable character of the RNA chaperone rS1 and its functional implications in translation initiation of RNAs containing folded 5'-UTRs
...new methods for the detection of H-bonds in RNA that are "invisible" by conventional proton-detected experiments - datasets available upon request!
Group Members
Boris Fürtig
(PI) - CV
Biochemist
N140-312
+49 69 798 29130
fuertig@
Heidi Zetzsche
(Ph.D. Student)
Biochemist
N160-316
+49 69 798 29931
zetzsche@
Katharina Hohmann
(Ph.D. student)
Chemist
N160-316
+49 69 798 29931
hohmann@
complete email address with nmr.uni-frankfurt.de after @
CONTACT
Find us here
Tel.: +49 69 798 29130 | boris_._furtig_@_gmail_._com
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