Stability of 3′ double nucleotide overhangs that model the 3′ ends of siRNA

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 512-516

  O'Toole, Amanda S ^a   Miller, Stacy ^a   Serra, Martin J ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dangling end; Stability; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCYLGLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENERGY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 15444376018     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7254905     Document Type: Article

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