Free energy calculation of modified base-pair formation in explicit solvent: A predictive model

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2278-2287

  Vendeix, Franck A P ^a   Munoz, Antonio M ^a   Agris, Paul F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pairs in water; Modified nucleosides; Refined molecular dynamics simulation; Wobble recognition

Indexed keywords

5 OXYACETIC ACID URIDINE; ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; GUANOSINE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FREE ENERGY CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

BASE PAIRING; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 73249122481     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1734309     Document Type: Article

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