title: A toolkit for creating three-dimensional RNA pencil models.
abstract: The advantages of nucleotide-resolution models over atomic-resolution and cylinder models of large RNA structure are discussed, and a toolkit of RNA substructures for use in building 'pencil' models is described. Prefabricated elements from the toolkit can be used to quickly assemble complex RNA structure models for the visualization of known RNA structures, or for exploring potential tertiary structure configurations based on secondary structure and other information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D008838:Microcomputers; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D012313:RNA