Predicting ion binding properties for RNA tertiary structures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1565-1576

  Tan, Zhi Jie ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 77956567931     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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