Topological classification of RNA structures.

@article{Bon2008TopologicalCO,
  title={Topological classification of RNA structures.},
  author={Michael Bon and G. Vernizzi and Henri Orland and A. Zee},
  journal={Journal of molecular biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={379 4},
  pages={900-11}
}

• Michael Bon, G. Vernizzi, +1 author A. Zee
• Published 2008 in Journal of molecular biology
• DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.033

We present a novel topological classification of RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots. It is based on the topological genus of the circular diagram associated to the RNA base-pair structure. The genus is a positive integer number whose value quantifies the topological complexity of the folded RNA structure. In such a representation, planar diagrams correspond to pure RNA secondary structures and have zero genus, whereas non-planar diagrams correspond to pseudoknotted structures and have… CONTINUE READING

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