Spermine Condenses DNA, but Not RNA Duplexes
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Folding RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes
MOTIVATION While there are numerous programs that can predict RNA or DNA secondary structures, a program that predicts RNA/DNA hetero-dimers is still missing. The lack of easy to use tools for predicting their structure may be in part responsible for the small number of reports of biologically relevant RNA/DNA hetero-dimers. RESULTS We present here an extension to the widely used ViennaRNA Pa...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.018