How RNA folds

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-281

  Tinoco Jr , Ignacio ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; RNA folding; RNA secondary structure; RNA tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345281589     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3001     Document Type: Article

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