Computational methods for modeling aptamers and designing riboswitches

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Gong, Sha ^a   Wang, Yanli ^b   Wang, Zhen ^b   Zhang, Wenbing ^b  

^a HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Gene regulation; MRNA structure; Riboswitch

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; RNA POLYMERASE; LIGAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85035065625     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112442     Document Type: Review

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