Structural diversity and isomorphism of hydrogen-bonded base interactions in nucleic acids

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-780

  Walberer, Bernhard J ^a,b   Cheng, Alan C ^a,b,c   Frankel, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pairs; Base triples; Computer modeling

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATION; DATA BASE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0037418633     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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