RNA challenges for computational chemists

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 13225-13234

  Yildirim, Ilyas ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE STACKING EFFECTS; ISOGUANOSINE-ISOCYTIDINE (IG-IC) BASE PAIRS; OVERLAP EFFECTS; RNA FOLDING;

RNA;

CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

BASE PAIRING; EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTIDINE; ELECTROSTATICS; GUANOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 26444452030     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051236o     Document Type: Review

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