Canonical RNA pseudoknot structures

dc.creatorMa, Gang
dc.creatorReidys, Christian M.
dc.date2008-06-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:44:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:44:44Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we study $k$-noncrossing, canonical RNA pseudoknot structures with minimum arc-length $\ge 4$. Let ${\sf T}_{k,σ}^{[4]} (n)$ denote the number of these structures. We derive exact enumeration results by computing the generating function ${\bf T}_{k,σ}^{[4]}(z)= \sum_n{\sf T}_{k,σ}^{[4]}(n)z^n$ and derive the asymptotic formulas ${\sf T}_{k,3}^{[4]}(n)^{}\sim c_k n^{-(k-1)^2-\frac{k-1}{2}} (γ_{k,3}^{[4]})^{-n}$ for $k=3,...,9$. In particular we have for $k=3$, ${\sf T}_{3,3}^{[4]}(n)^{}\sim c_3 n^{-5} 2.0348^n$. Our results prove that the set of biophysically relevant RNA pseudoknot structures is surprisingly small and suggest a new structure class as target for prediction algorithms.
dc.description21 pages,7 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2414
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2414
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/162977
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectGeneral Mathematics
dc.subject14J60 (Primary) 14F05, 14J26 (Secondary)
dc.titleCanonical RNA pseudoknot structures
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