Statistical mechanics of secondary structures formed by random RNA sequences

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Bundschuh, R ^a   Hwa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MODELS; MOLTEN PHASE; RNA SEQUENCES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TWO-REPLICA PROBLEM;

BIOPOLYMERS; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

RNA;

GLASS; RNA;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOPHYSICS; GLASS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 41349099117     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031903     Document Type: Article

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