Stepping through an RNA structure: A novel approach to conformational analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1465-1478

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational analysis; Nucleic acid; Ramachandran; RNA tertiary structure; Torsion angle

Indexed keywords

PURINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032545158     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2233     Document Type: Article

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