Molecular Dynamics Simulations of RNA Molecules

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Authors	ŠPONER Jiří OTYEPKA Michal BANÁŠ Pavel RÉBLOVÁ Kamila WALTER Nils
Year of publication	2012
Type	Chapter of a book
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
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Description	The central role of RNA in numerous biological processes including translation, protein localization, gene regulation, RNA processing, and viral replication calls for a detailed understanding of RNA function, structure, and conformational dynamics. Accompanying and enhancing our increasing appreciation of RNA is the rapidly expanding availability of high-resolution structures of RNAs and RNA-protein (RNP) complexes. These atomic resolution snapshots provide detailed rationalization for existing biochemical data. However, biological function depends on the dynamic evolution of structures along functional pathways. A complete understanding of the relevant structural dynamics exhibited by RNA requires monitoring timescales from picoseconds to hours through the application of a correspondingly broad range of techniques, with careful consideration given to the scope and limitation of each approach.
Related projects:	Biomolecular centre