%0 Journal Article %T An Algorithm for RNA Pseudoknots %A M. Pillsbury %A J. A. Taylor %A H. Orland %A A. Zee %J Quantitative Biology %D 2003 %I arXiv %X We further develop the large $ N $ formalism presented by some of us in earlier works in order to recursively calculate the partition function of a singly pseudoknotted RNA. We demonstrate that this calculation takes time proportional to the sixth power of the length of the RNA. The algorithm itself is presented in a self-contained form for the convenience of readers interested in implementing it. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310505v2