A guide to ions and RNA structure

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-343

  Draper, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse ions; Electrostatics; K+; Mg2+; Non linear Poisson Boltzmann equation; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; RNA;

CALCULATION; CATION TRANSPORT; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; HYDRATION; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IONS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; RNA;

EID: 1242274330     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5205404     Document Type: Review

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