Free-energy landscape of a hyperstable RNA tetraloop

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 6665-6670

  Miner, Jacob C ^a,b   Chen, Alan A ^c   García, Angel E ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Free energy landscape; Molecular dynamics; Pressure; RNA; Tetraloop

Indexed keywords

A RNA; DNA; HYDROGEN; ION; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HAIRPIN; ENERGY; FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOCHORE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TETRALOOP; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RNA; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 84974850924     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603154113     Document Type: Article

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