Interaction of the adenine-thymine Watson-Crick and adenine-adenine reverse-Hoogsteen DNA base pairs with hydrated group IIa (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+) and IIb (Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+) metal cations: Absence of the base pair stabilization by metal-induced polarization effects

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 103, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2528-2534

  Šponer, Jiří ^a,b   Sabat, Michal ^c   Burda, Jaroslav V ^d   Leszczynski, Jerzy ^e   Hobza, Pavel ^a  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000447917     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp983744w     Document Type: Article

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