The size of RNA as an ideal branched polymer

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Fang, Li Tai ^a   Gelbart, William M ^b   Ben Shaul, Avinoam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED POLYMER; DENATURED STATE; ICOSAHEDRAL VIRUS; LINEAR ARRANGEMENTS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; RADIUS OF GYRATION; RANDOM SEQUENCE; RNA MOLECULES; RNA TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TREE GRAPH;

RNA; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TREES (MATHEMATICS); VIRUSES;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; RNA;

EID: 80155126880     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3652763     Document Type: Article

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