Computing the partition function and sampling for saturated secondary structures of RNA, with respect to the turner energy model

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-215

  Waldispuhl J ^a,b   Clote, P ^a   Sachs, Rainer ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c 970 Evans Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann partition function; Kinetic trap; RNA; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MICRORNAS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34248222805     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2006.0012     Document Type: Article

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