Brownian-dynamics simulations of metal-ion binding to four-way junctions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 507-514

  Van Buuren, Bernd N M ^a,d   Hermann, Thomas ^b   Wijmenga, Sybren S ^a   Westhof, Eric ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; METAL ION;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037079686     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.2.507     Document Type: Article

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