Structure and conformation of helical nucleic acids: Analysis program (SCHNAaP)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 668-680

  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

Base pair parameters; Base stacking diagrams; DNA conformation; Global helical parameters; Step parameters

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA A; DNA B; DNA Z; NUCLEOSIDE; PHOSPHATE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031592942     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1346     Document Type: Article

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