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SUBMITTER: Chen JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3335265 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Jonathan L JL Dishler Abigael L AL Kennedy Scott D SD Yildirim Ilyas I Liu Biao B Turner Douglas H DH Serra Martin J MJ
Biochemistry 20120410 16
Thermodynamic parameters for GU pairs are important for predicting the secondary structures of RNA and for finding genomic sequences that code for structured RNA. Optical melting curves were measured for 29 RNA duplexes with GU pairs to improve nearest neighbor parameters for predicting stabilities of helixes. The updated model eliminates a prior penalty assumed for terminal GU pairs. Six additional duplexes with the 5'GG/3'UU motif were added to the single representation in the previous databas ...[more]