An analysis of large rRNA sequences folded by a thermodynamic method

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 419-430

  Fields, Dana S ^a   Gutell, Robin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; RNA folding; RNA secondary structure; rRNA; Zuker Turner method

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030324880     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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