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Toward atomic accuracy in RNA design

Nature Methods volume 7, pages 272–273 (2010)Cite this article

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The introduction of new and accurate force fields for atom-atom interactions into the Rosetta framework allows the recovery of native-like RNA structures.

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Figure 1: A kink-turn occurs between two double-helical regions in an RNA secondary structure by forming non–Watson-Crick pairs within an internal loop.

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  1. Eric Westhof is at Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France.,

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