Computational approaches to predicting the impact of novel bases on RNA structure and stability

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2354-2359

  Harrison, Jason G ^a   Zheng, Yvonne B ^a   Beal, Peter A ^a   Tantillo, Dean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HYDROGEN BOND; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; RNA; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 84887878749     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb4006062     Document Type: Article

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