Solvent influence on base stacking

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 394-402

  Norberg, Jan ^a,b   Nilsson, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SOLVENT; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031972564     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77796-3     Document Type: Article

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