Molecular dynamics simulation reveals conformational switching of water-mediated uracil-cytosine base-pairs in an RNA duplex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 659-667

  Schneider, Christoph ^a   Brandl, Maria ^a   Sühnel, Jürgen ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational switch; Molecular dynamics; RNA; Water mediated base pair

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; CYTOSINE; RICIN; RNA; RNA 23S; SARCIN; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035951296     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4338     Document Type: Article

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