Neutral networks of interacting RNA secondary structures

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 275-283

  Stephan Otto Attolini, Camille ^a   Stadler, Peter F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co folding; Neutral mutations; RNA secondary structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144431535     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525905000427     Document Type: Article

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