Charge transfer and environment effects responsible for characteristics of DNA base pairing

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2942-2945

  Guerra, Célia Fonseca ^b   Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033523692     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991004)38:19<2942::AID-ANIE2942>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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