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ArticleACS omega2020

Sampling Performance of Multiple Independent Molecular Dynamics Simulations of an RNA Aptamer.

Shuting Yan, Jason M Peck, Muslum Ilgu, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Monica H Lamm

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Shuting YanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.
Jason M PeckDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.
Muslum IlguRoy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.
Marit Nilsen-HamiltonRoy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.
Monica H LammDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using multiple independent simulations instead of one long simulation has been shown to improve the sampling performance attained with the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method. However, it is generally not known how long each independent simulation should be, how many independent simulations should be used, or to what extent either of these factors affects the overall sampling performance achieved for a given system. The goal of the present study was to assess the sampling performance of multiple independent MD simulations, where each independent simulation begins from a different initial molecular conformation. For this purpose, we used an RNA aptamer that is 25 nucleotides long as a case study. The initial conformations of the aptamer are derived from six

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PMID32832772
PMCPMC7439393

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