Structure and conformation of helical nucleic acids: Rebuilding program (SCHNArP)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 681-691

  Lu, Xiang Jun ^a   El Hassan, M A ^b   Hunter, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinucleotide step; DNA bending; DNA model building; DNA polymorph; Trinucleotide step

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031592938     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1345     Document Type: Article

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