A new computational approach for mechanical folding kinetics of RNA hairpins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4024-4034

  Cao, Song ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FORCE; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 68049147448     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.044     Document Type: Article

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