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Enumeration of RNA Structures by Matrix Models

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We enumerate the number of RNA contact structures according to their genus, i.e., the topological character of their pseudoknots. By using a recently proposed matrix model formulation for the RNA folding problem, we obtain exact results for the simple case of an RNA molecule with an infinitely flexible backbone, in which any arbitrary pair of bases is allowed. We analyze the distribution of the genus of pseudoknots as a function of the total number of nucleotides along the phosphate-sugar backbone.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.168103

Authors: Graziano Vernizzi, Henri Orland, A. Zee

Institutions: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Language: English

Topic: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2031869998

FWCI: 0.576

Cites: 12

Cited by: 61

Related to: 10