Assessing the reliability of RNA folding using statistical mechanics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1104-1112

  Huynen, Martijn ^a,b   Gutell, Robin ^c   Konings, Danielle ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pairing probability distribution; Ribosomal RNA; RNA folding; RNA secondary structure; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BASE PAIRING; CHLOROPLAST; ENTROPY; EUKARYOTE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTE; RNA STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031576996     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0889     Document Type: Article

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