The physical basis of nucleic acid base stacking in water

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 140-148

  Luo, Ray ^a,b   Gilson, Hillary S R ^a   Potter, Michael J ^a   Gilson, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NAPHTHYL GROUP; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; THEORY;

EID: 0035132660     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76001-8     Document Type: Article

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