Evolution in silico and in vitro: The RNA model

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 382, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1301-1314

  Schuster, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution; Neutral networks; Phenotypes; RNA secondary structures

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; RNA;

EID: 0034774080     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2001.162     Document Type: Review

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