The nature of the hydrogen bond in DNA base pairs: The role of charge transfer and resonance assistance

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3581-3594

  Guerra, Célia Fonseca ^b   Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a   Snijders, Jaap G ^c   Baerends, Evert Jan ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Density functional calculations; DNA structures; Hydrogen bonds; Resonance assistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION;

EID: 0032804830     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19991203)5:12<3581::aid-chem3581>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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