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Multivalent ion-mediated nucleic acid helix-helix interactions: RNA versus DNA
Yuan-Yan Wu, Zhong-Liang Zhang, Jin-Si Zhang +2
Ion-mediated interaction is critical to the structure and stability of nucleic acids. Recent experiments suggest that the multivalent ion-induced aggregation of double-stranded (ds…
Flexibility of short DNA helices with finite-length effect: from base pairs to tens of base pairs
Yuan-Yan Wu, Lei Bao, Xi Zhang +1
Flexibility of short DNA helices is important for the biological functions such as nucleosome formation and DNA-protein recognition. Recent experiments suggest that short DNAs of t…
A coarse-grained model with implicit salt for RNAs: predicting 3D structure, stability and salt effect
Ya-Zhou Shi, Feng-Hua Wang, Yuan-Yan Wu +1
To bridge the gap between the sequences and 3-dimensional (3D) structures of RNAs, some computational models have been proposed for predicting RNA 3D structures. However, the exist…
RNA structure prediction: progress and perspective
Ya-Zhou Shi, Yuan-Yan Wu, Feng-Hua Wang +1
Many recent exciting discoveries have revealed the versatility of RNAs and their importance in a variety of cellular functions which are strongly coupled to RNA structures. To unde…
Calculating potential of mean force between like-charged nanoparticles: a comprehensive study on salt effects
Yuan-Yan Wu, Feng-Hua Wang, Zhi-Jie Tan
Ions are critical to the structure and stability of polyelectrolytes such as nucleic acids. In this work, we systematically calculated the potentials of mean force between two like…
Salt Contribution to the Flexibility of Single-stranded Nucleic Acid of Finite Length
Feng-Hua Wang, Yuan-Yan Wu, Zhi-Jie Tan
Nucleic acids are negatively charged macromolecules and their structure properties are strongly coupled to metal ions in solutions. In this paper, the salt effects on the flexibili…