DNA polymorphism: A comparison of force fields for nucleic acids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1421-1449

  Reddy, Swarnalatha Y ^a   Leclerc, Fabrice ^a,b,c   Karplus, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037342509     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74957-1     Document Type: Article

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