Shape matters: Effect of point mutations on RNA secondary structure

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Manrubia, Susanna C ^a   Sanjuán, Rafael ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

linear motifs; mutational effects; RNA secondary structure; sequence structure map

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875848618     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021952591250052X     Document Type: Article

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