Ability of empirical potentials (AMBER, CHARMM, CVFF, OPLS, Poltev) and semi-empirical quantum chemical methods (AM1, MNDO/M, PM3) to describe H-bonding in DNA base pairs; comparison with ab initio results

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Hobza, P ^a   Hubalek F ^a,d   Kabelac M ^a   Mejzlik P ^b   Sponer J ^a   Vondrasek J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 0030593395     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00537-4     Document Type: Article

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