RNA

Yang Li1,2, Chengxin Zhang2,3, Chenjie Feng2,4

  • 1Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.

Nature communications
|September 16, 2023
PubMed
概括

预测RNA三级结构现在更准确地使用DRfold. 这种新的方法使用深度学习和几何约束来显著优于现有的RNA结构建模方法.

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