Coarse grained models reveal essential contributions of topological constraints to the conformational free energy of RNA bulges

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2615-2627

  Mustoe, Anthony M ^a   Al Hashimi, Hashim M ^a,b   Brooks, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; CONFORMATIONAL FREE ENERGY; FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; TRANSLATIONAL DISPLACEMENTS;

RNA;

INORGANIC SALT; RNA; VIRUS RNA;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HIV LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; HIV-1; HIV-2; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84896300726     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411478x     Document Type: Article

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