H-bond stability in the tRNA(Asp) anticodon hairpin: 3 ns of multiple molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 940-954

  Auffinger, Pascal ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029776466     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79298-6     Document Type: Article

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