Multistrand RNA Secondary Structure Prediction and Nanostructure Design Including Pseudoknots

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• 作者：Eckart Bindewald ; Kirill Afonin ; Luc Jaeger ; Bruce A. Shapiro
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：December 27, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：5
• 期：12
• 页码：9542-9551
• 全文大小：1078K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1936-086X

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We are presenting NanoFolder, a method for the prediction of the base pairing of potentially pseudoknotted multistrand RNA nanostructures. We show that the method outperforms several other structure prediction methods when applied to RNA complexes with non-nested base pairs. We extended this secondary structure prediction capability to allow RNA sequence design. Using native PAGE, we experimentally confirm that four in silico designed RNA strands corresponding to a triangular RNA structure form the expected stable complex.