Effect of a neutralized phosphate backbone on the minor groove of B-DNA: Molecular dynamics simulation studies

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 3615-3623

  Hamelberg, Donald ^a   Williams, Loren Dean ^b   Wilson, W David ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CATION; CYTOSINE; DNA B; DNA BASE; GUANINE; PHOSPHATE; TYROSINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; TIME;

EID: 0037102493     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf472     Document Type: Article

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