The application of cluster analysis in the intercomparison of loop structures in RNA

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 412-423

  Huang, Hung Chung ^a   Nagaswamy, Uma ^a   Fox, George E ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Distance matrix; RMSD; RNA motif; Tetraloops; UPGMA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

EID: 15444372483     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7104605     Document Type: Article

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