Poster abstracts

Poster number 2 submitted by Amal Abu Almakarem

Comprehensive Survey and Geometric Classification of Basetriples in RNA Structures

Amal S. Abu Almakarem (Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403), Anton Petrov (Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403), Jesse Stombaugh (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, 3Department of Mathematics and Statistics), Craig L. Zirbel3 (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403), Neocles B. Leontis (Department of Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403)

Abstract:
Structured RNA molecules form complex and compact folds composed of helices and hairpin, internal or junction \

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Keywords: RNA basepair, RNA basetriple, FR3D