Thermodynamic basis of selectivity in guide-target-mismatched rna interference

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1283-1298

  Joseph, Thomas T ^a   Osman, Roman ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Binding free energy; Guide target mismatch; Molecular dynamics; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; DNA; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859440105     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24025     Document Type: Article

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