Melting of the solvent structure around a RNA duplex: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Auffinger, Pascal ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Entropy enthalpy compensation; Hydration; Ion binding; Melting; Molecular dynamics simulations; NMR; RNA; X Ray

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; RNA; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0037187806     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(01)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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