A short guide for molecular dynamics simulations of RNA systems

Methods

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Hashem, Yaser ^a   Auffinger, Pascal ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Crystallographic structures; Experimental structures; Hydration; Ionic conditions; Molecular dynamics simulations; RNA; Solvation

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; HYDROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ELECTRICITY; EVALUATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN; IONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 59649095963     PISSN: 10462023     EISSN: 10959130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.09.020     Document Type: Review

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