Spontaneous base flipping in DNA and its possible role in methyltransferase binding

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 1 B, 2000, Pages 1133-1137

  Chen, Y Z ^a,b   Mohan, V ^a   Griffey, R H ^a  

^a ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

METHYLTRANSFERASE;

DNA;

DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE HHAI; GGCC-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; ROTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034214957     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.1133     Document Type: Article

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