title: A 3D graphical representation of RNA secondary structures.
abstract: In this paper, we proposed a 3-D graphical representation of RNA secondary structures. Based on this representation, we outline an approach by constructing a 3-component vector whose components are the normalized leading eigenvalues of the L/L matrices associated with RNA secondary structure. The examination of similarities/dissimilarities among the secondary structure at the 3'-terminus of different viruses illustrates the utility of the approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. dragonbw@163.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: T-M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001483:Base Sequence; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D012313:RNA