A domain-based model for predicting large and complex pseudoknotted structures

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Cao, Song ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Human telomerase RNA (hTR); Internal ribosome entry site (IRES); Large RNAs; Pseudoknots; Structural predictions

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOKNOT; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84863229452     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.9.2.18488     Document Type: Article

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