title: Flory theory of the folding of designed RNA molecules.
abstract: We construct a Flory theory for the folding of RNA molecules that have a designed, linear ground state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles 90095-1596, California, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: Robijn F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bruinsma
mesh_terms: D008956:Models, Chemical; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D012313:RNA