Protonation of thymine, cytosine, adenine, and guanine DNA nucleic acid bases: Theoretical investigation into the framework of density functional theory

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 989-1000

  Russo, Nino ^a   Toscano, Marirosa ^a   Grand, André ^b,c   Jolibois, Franck ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Lab 'Lesions des Acides Nucleiques'   (France)

^c Lab de Chimie de Coordination

^d Lab Leisions des Acides Nucleiques

Author keywords

Density functional computations; Gas phase proton affinity and basicity; Protonation of DNA acid bases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002096511     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(19980715)19:9<989::AID-JCC1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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