Improved Force Field Parameters Lead to a Better Description of RNA Structure

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3969-3972

  Bergonzo, Christina ^a   Cheatham, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; WATER;

EID: 84941041808     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00444     Document Type: Article

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