Molecular dynamics investigations of hammerhead ribozyme RNA

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-165

  Hermann, Thomas ^a   Auffinger, Pascal ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

AMBER; Ewald summation; Magnesium ions; Ribose pucker flip; Sheared GA pair

Indexed keywords

ESTER; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031915278     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050121     Document Type: Article

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