Computer Folding of RNA Tetraloops: Identification of Key Force Field Deficiencies

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4534-4548

  Kührová, Petra ^a   Best, Robert B ^b   Bottaro, Sandro ^c   Bussi, Giovanni ^c   Šponer, Jiří ^a,d   Otyepka, Michal ^a,d   Banáš, Pavel ^a,d  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84987794635     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00300     Document Type: Article

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