Energetic and conformational aspects of A:T base-pair opening within the DNA double helix

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 673-677

  Giudice, Emmanuel ^a   Várnai, Péter ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

DNA solvation; Free energy; Molecular dynamics; Proton exchange

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVATION;

BASE PAIRS; CONFORMATIONAL ASPECTS; DNA DOUBLE HELICES; PROTON EXCHANGE; DNA OLIGOMERS; DOUBLE HELIX; ENERGY PROFILE; LINEAR REGION; WATER CHANNELS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DNA;

ADENINE; DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA HELIX; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; SOLVATION;

EID: 0035915260     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011119)2:11<673::AID-CPHC673>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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