LINEAR TREES AND RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE

被引:82
作者
SCHMITT, WR [1 ]
WATERMAN, MS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SO CALIF,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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D O I
10.1016/0166-218X(92)00038-N
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
The total number of RNA secondary structures of a given length with a fixed number of base pairs is computed, under the assumption that all base pairs can occur. This is done by establishing a one-to-one correspondence between secondary structures and trees. A duality operator on trees is presented, which explains a symmetry in the numbers counting secondary structures.
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页码:317 / 323
页数:7
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