Rotational dynamics of adenine amino groups in a DNA double helix

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2679-2686

  Michalczyk, Ryszard ^a,b   Russu, Irina M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ROTATION;

EID: 0033030012     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77420-5     Document Type: Article

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