Effects of Base Substitutions in an RNA Hairpin from Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3445-3459

  Sarzynska, Joanna ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^b   Kulinski, Tadeusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INOSINE; RNA; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344119523     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74766-3     Document Type: Article

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