Analysis of the stability of looped-out and stacked-in conformations of an adenine bulge in DNA using a continuum model for solvent and ions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2990-3003

  Zacharias, Martin ^a,b   Sklenar, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030735002     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78328-0     Document Type: Article

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