Toward a consensus view of duplex RNA flexibility

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1876-1885

  Faustino, Ignacio ^a,b   Pérez, Alberto ^a,b   Orozco, Modesto ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c National Institute of Bioinformatics   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 77957350921     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.061     Document Type: Article

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