The expediency of RNA folding as revealed by the maximization in information content

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 226-234

  Fernández, Ariel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ENTROPY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ERGODIC TIME; FOLDING;

RNA;

EID: 0030286369     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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