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Neocles B. Leontis

Researcher at Bowling Green State University

Publications -  117
Citations -  11271

Neocles B. Leontis is an academic researcher from Bowling Green State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: RNA & Base pair. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 116 publications receiving 10400 citations. Previous affiliations of Neocles B. Leontis include Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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Geometric nomenclature and classification of RNA base pairs.

TL;DR: This work proposes a classification based on the observation that the planar edge-to-edge, hydrogen-bonding interactions between RNA bases involve one of three distinct edges: the Watson-Crick edge, the Hoogsteen edge, and the Sugar edge, which facilitates the recognition of recurrent three-dimensional motifs from comparison of homologous sequences.
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The non‐Watson–Crick base pairs and their associated isostericity matrices

TL;DR: This paper presents the 4 x 4 'isostericity matrices' summarizing the geometric relationships between the 16 pairwise combinations of the four standard bases, A, C, G and U, and helps identify isosteric pairs that co-vary or interchange in sequences of homologous molecules while maintaining conserved three-dimensional motifs.
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The building blocks and motifs of RNA architecture.

TL;DR: This work has focused on analyzing RNA backbone conformations to identify, define and search for new instances of recurrent motifs in X-ray structures to identify RNA structural characteristics that are subject to sequence constraints and that thus relate RNA architectures to sequences.
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Analysis of RNA motifs.

TL;DR: It is crucial, when analyzing a three-dimensional RNA structure in order to identify and compare motifs, to first classify its non-Watson-Crick base pairs geometrically.