Thermodynamic prediction of conserved secondary structure: Application to the RRE element of HIV, the tRNA-like element of CMV and the mRNA of prion protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 813-826

  Lück, Rupert ^a   Steger, Gerhard ^a   Riesner, Detlev ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Pseudoknot; RNA folding; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOSAIC VIRUS; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0039161225     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0289     Document Type: Article

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