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ArticleBiophysical journal2017

Martini Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to RNA.

Jaakko J Uusitalo, Helgi I Ingólfsson, Siewert J Marrink, Ignacio Faustino

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 262 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jaakko J UusitaloGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Helgi I IngólfssonGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Siewert J MarrinkGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: s.j.marrink@rug.nl.
Ignacio FaustinoGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
University of Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA has an important role not only as the messenger of genetic information but also as a regulator of gene expression. Given its central role in cell biology, there is significant interest in studying the structural and dynamic behavior of RNA in relation to other biomolecules. Coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations are a key tool to that end. Here, we have extended the coarse-grain Martini force field to include RNA after our recent extension to DNA. In the same way DNA was modeled, the tertiary structure of RNA is constrained using an elastic network. This model, therefore, is not designed for applications involving RNA folding but rather offers a stable RNA structure for studying RNA interactions with other (bio)molecules. The RNA model is compatible with all other Martini models and opens the way to large-scale explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations of complex systems involving RNA.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationRNAElasticityHumansHydrogen BondingIonsMethanocaldococcusRibosomesRNA StabilitySolventsStatic ElectricityThermus thermophilusWaterIonsRNASolventsWater

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PMID28633759
PMCPMC5529176
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