Ions and RNAs: Free energies of counterion-mediated RNA fold stabilities

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 621-639

  Mak, C H ^a   Henke, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872143925     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct300760y     Document Type: Article

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