Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-3 Modeling RNA Molecules....Pages 5-17 Methods for Predicting RNA Secondary Structure....Pages 19-41 Why Can’t We Predict RNA Structure At Atomic Resolution?....Pages 43-65 Template-Based and Template-Free Modeling of RNA 3D Structure: Inspirations from Protein Structure Modeling....Pages 67-90 The RNA Folding Problems: Different Levels of sRNA Structure Prediction....Pages 91-117 Computational Prediction and Modeling Aid in the Discovery of a Conformational Switch Controlling Replication and Translation in a Plus-Strand RNA Virus....Pages 119-142 Methods for Building and Refining 3D Models of RNA....Pages 143-166 Multiscale Modeling of RNA Structure and Dynamics....Pages 167-184 Statistical Mechanical Modeling of RNA Folding: From Free Energy Landscape to Tertiary Structural Prediction....Pages 185-212 Simulating Dynamics in RNA–Protein Complexes....Pages 213-238 Quantum Chemical Studies of Recurrent Interactions in RNA 3D Motifs....Pages 239-279 Nonredundant 3D Structure Datasets for RNA Knowledge Extraction and Benchmarking....Pages 281-298 Ions in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of RNA Systems....Pages 299-318 Modeling RNA Folding Pathways and Intermediates Using Time-Resolved Hydroxyl Radical Footprinting Data....Pages 319-334 A Top-Down Approach to Determining Global RNA Structures in Solution Using NMR and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Measurements....Pages 335-359 RNA Structure Determination by Structural Probing and Mass Spectrometry: MS3D....Pages 361-389 Back Matter....Pages 391-400