A method to predict the 3D structure of an RNA scaffold

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1316, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Xu, Xiaojun ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

2D structure motif; Loop entropy; Mismatched stacks; Partition function; Structure assembly

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MOTIF; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VFOLD METHOD; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENTROPY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTROPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RNA;

EID: 84929300948     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2730-2_1     Document Type: Article

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