Monte Carlo simulation for single RNA unfolding by force

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-84

  Liu, Fei ^a   Ou Yang, Zhong Can ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RNA; RNA 95ABC DELTA A; RNA P5AB; RNA P5ABC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FORCE; FORCE EXTENSION CURVE; HYSTERESIS; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMER ELASTIC THEORY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REACTION RATE; REACTION TIME; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA FOLDING; RNA UNFOLDING; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 11244333076     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.049239     Document Type: Article

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