Molecular dynamics and free energy study of the conformational equilibria in the UUUU RNA hairpin

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1435-1450

  Deng, Nan Jie ^a   Cieplak, Piotr ^b  

^a ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 36048982456     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct6003388     Document Type: Article

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