RNA folding: Models and perspectives

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Sosnick, Tobin R ^a,b   Pan, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBOZYME; RNA;

CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RNA FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038508653     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00066-6     Document Type: Review

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