In vitro RNA folding: The principle of sequential minimization of entropy loss at work

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Fernández, Ariel ^a,b   Cendra, Hernán ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Entropy loss, sequential minimization; Folding; RNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0343807453     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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