Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic parameters improves prediction of RNA secondary structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 911-940

  Mathews, David H ^a   Sabina, Jeffrey ^a   Zuker, Michael ^b   Turner, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic cleavage; Flavin mononucleotide cleavage; Free energy minimization; Nearest neighbor parameters; RNA secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033591465     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2700     Document Type: Article

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