Predicting RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots by MCMC sampling

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 161-181

  Metzler, Dirk ^a   Nebel, Markus E ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFTWARE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 36448984918     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0106-6     Document Type: Article

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