Force field based conformational analysis of RNA structural motifs: GNRA tetraloops and their pyrimidine relatives

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 564-573

  Maier, Alexandra ^a   Sklenar, Heinz ^a   Kratky, Herbert F ^b   Renner, Alexander ^b   Schuster, Peter ^b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conformational search; Electrostatic continuum model; GNRA tetraloops; RNA structural motifs; Solvent effects

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINES; RNA;

EID: 0032702968     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050238     Document Type: Article

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