Spermine: An "invisible" component in the crystals of B-DNA. A grand canonical Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 907-917

  Korolev, Nikolay ^a   Lyubartsev, Alexander P ^a   Nordenskiöld, Lars ^a   Laaksonen, Aatto ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA structure; Ion binding; Magnesium; Polyamines; Polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYELECTROLYTE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035906709     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4642     Document Type: Article

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