ARDesigner: A web-based system for allosteric RNA design

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-473

  Shu, Wenjie ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Chen, Hebing ^a   Bo, Xiaochen ^a   Wang, Shengqi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Allosteric RNA; Mutational robustness; RNA design; RNA synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERIC RNA; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; DESIGN PROCESS; DETAILED DESIGN; MUTATIONAL ROBUSTNESS; RNA MOLECULES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEM OUTPUT; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE; WEB-BASED SYSTEM;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; WORLD WIDE WEB;

RNA;

RNA;

ALGORITHM; ALLOSTERIC RNA DESIGNER; ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WEB BROWSER;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTERNET; RNA; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649446584     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.10.067     Document Type: Article

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