Free energy and structural pathways of base flipping in a DNA GCGC containing sequence

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 141-160

  Banavali, Nilesh K ^a   MacKerell Jr , Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base opening; Major groove; Minor groove; Potential of mean force; Umbrella sampling

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036306053     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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