Ions and RNA folding

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-243

  Draper, David E ^a   Grilley, Dan ^a   Soto, Ana Maria ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Hydration; Magnesium; Poisson boltzmann theory; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ION;

ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATICS; IONS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 20544448001     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.34.040204.144511     Document Type: Review

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