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Free energy parameters for parameter file conversion.  


\subsection{Detailed Description}
Free energy parameters for parameter file conversion. This file contains the free energy parameters used in ViennaRNAPackage 1.8.4. They are summarized in:

D.H.Mathews, J. Sabina, M. ZUker, D.H. Turner \char`\"{}Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic parameters improves
    prediction of RNA secondary structure\char`\"{} JMB, 288, pp 911-\/940, 1999

Enthalpies taken from:

A. Walter, D Turner, J Kim, M Lyttle, P M\char`\"{}uller, D Mathews, M Zuker
    \char`\"{}Coaxial stckaing of helices enhances binding of oligoribonucleotides.. PNAS, 91, pp 9218-\/9222, 1994

D.H. Turner, N. Sugimoto, and S.M. Freier. \char`\"{}RNA Structure Prediction\char`\"{}, Ann. Rev. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 17, 167-\/192, 1988.

John A.Jaeger, Douglas H.Turner, and Michael Zuker. \char`\"{}Improved predictions of secondary structures for RNA\char`\"{}, PNAS, 86, 7706-\/7710, October 1989.

L. He, R. Kierzek, J. SantaLucia, A.E. Walter, D.H. Turner \char`\"{}Nearest-\/Neughbor Parameters for GU Mismatches....\char`\"{} Biochemistry 1991, 30 11124-\/11132

A.E. Peritz, R. Kierzek, N, Sugimoto, D.H. Turner \char`\"{}Thermodynamic Study of Internal Loops in Oligoribonucleotides...\char`\"{} Biochemistry 1991, 30, 6428-\/-\/6435 