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ReviewNature methods2022

Advances and opportunities in RNA structure experimental determination and computational modeling.

Jinsong Zhang, Yuhan Fei, Lei Sun, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang

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Review in Nature methods, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. RNA Structure and Its Function.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  15. Computational Ligand-Binding Site Prediction.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  17. The Need for a Systems Biology Approach in Cancer Explained.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jinsong Zhang *MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-2979
Yuhan Fei *MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Lei SunMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. sunlei0227@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-2157
Qiangfeng Cliff ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qczhang@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4913-0338

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beyond transferring genetic information, RNAs are molecules with diverse functions that include catalyzing biochemical reactions and regulating gene expression. Most of these activities depend on RNAs' specific structures. Therefore, accurately determining RNA structure is integral to advancing our understanding of RNA functions. Here, we summarize the state-of-the-art experimental and computational technologies developed to evaluate RNA secondary and tertiary structures. We also highlight how the rapid increase of experimental data facilitates the integrative modeling approaches for better resolving RNA structures. Finally, we provide our thoughts on the latest advances and challenges in RNA structure determination methods, as well as on future directions for both experimental approaches and artificial intelligence-based computational tools to model RNA structure. Ultimately, we hope the technological advances will deepen our understanding of RNA biology and facilitate RNA structure-based biomedical research such as designing specific RNA structures for therapeutics and deploying RNA-targeting small-molecule drugs.

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Computational BiologyRNAArtificial IntelligenceComputer SimulationModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationRNA

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