Hydration of the phosphate group in double-helical DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2422-2434

  Schneider, Bohdan ^a   Patel, Ketan ^b   Berman, Helen M ^b,c  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031755274     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77686-6     Document Type: Article

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