NP-completeness of the energy barrier problem without pseudoknots and temporary arcs

Natural Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 391-405

  Maňuch, Ján ^a,b   Thachuk, Chris ^b   Stacho, Ladislav ^a   Condon, Anne ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy barrier; Folding pathways; NP completeness; Nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 79952758719     PISSN: 15677818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11047-010-9239-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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