Updated toolkits for nucleic acid-based biosensors

F Zhang, G Chen, C Gao, S Huang, Y Mahu… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Much progress has been made in the biosensor area with the prosperity and development of
nucleic acid nanotechnology and molecular biology. Especially, the advances made in …

The determination of RNA folding nearest neighbor parameters

M Andronescu, A Condon, DH Turner… - RNA Sequence, Structure …, 2014 - Springer
The stability of RNA secondary structure can be predicted using a set of nearest neighbor
parameters. These parameters are widely used by algorithms that predict secondary …

Improved RNA secondary structure prediction by maximizing expected pair accuracy

ZJ Lu, JW Gloor, DH Mathews - Rna, 2009 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Free energy minimization has been the most popular method for RNA secondary structure
prediction for decades. It is based on a set of empirical free energy change parameters …

Nearest neighbor rules for RNA helix folding thermodynamics: improved end effects

J Zuber, SJ Schroeder, H Sun, DH Turner… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nearest neighbor parameters for estimating the folding stability of RNA secondary structures
are in widespread use. For helices, current parameters penalize terminal AU base pairs …

An equilibrium-dependent retroviral mRNA switch regulates translational recoding

B Houck-Loomis, MA Durney, C Salguero, N Shankar… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Most retroviruses require translational recoding of a viral messenger RNA stop codon to
maintain a precise ratio of structural (Gag) and enzymatic (Pol) proteins during virus …

Optical melting measurements of nucleic acid thermodynamics

SJ Schroeder, DH Turner - Methods in enzymology, 2009 - Elsevier
Optical melting experiments provide measurements of thermodynamic parameters for
nucleic acids. These thermodynamic parameters are widely used in RNA structure …

Pitfalls during in silico prediction of primer specificity for eDNA surveillance

KYK So, JJ Fong, IPY Lam, D Dudgeon - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While high efficiency and cost‐effectiveness are two merits of environmental DNA (eDNA)
techniques for detecting aquatic organisms, the difficulty of designing species‐specific …

Analysis of RNA nearest neighbor parameters reveals interdependencies and quantifies the uncertainty in RNA secondary structure prediction

J Zuber, BJ Cabral, I McFadyen, DM Mauger… - Rna, 2018 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
RNA secondary structure prediction is often used to develop hypotheses about structure-
function relationships for newly discovered RNA sequences, to identify unknown functional …

A test and refinement of folding free energy nearest neighbor parameters for RNA including N6-methyladenosine

M Szabat, M Prochota, R Kierzek, E Kierzek… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
RNA folding free energy change parameters are widely used to predict RNA secondary
structure and to design RNA sequences. These parameters include terms for the folding free …

Thermodynamics of RNA duplexes modified with unlocked nucleic acid nucleotides

A Pasternak, J Wengel - Nucleic acids research, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Thermodynamics provides insights into the influence of modified nucleotide residues on
stability of nucleic acids and is crucial for designing duplexes with given properties. In this …