Structural equilibrium of DNA represented with different force fields

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-149

  Feig, Michael ^a   Pettitt, B Montgomery ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA A; DNA B; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; PYRIMIDINE; SOLVENT; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031808069     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77501-0     Document Type: Article

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