Monte Carlo modeling of DNA hydration. Poly(A)-water interaction in the major groove stabilizes the B′ conformation

Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 19992, 1996, Pages 75-84

  Teplukhin, A V ^a   Zhurkin, V B ^b   Jernigan, R ^d   Poltev, V I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NONE

Author keywords

A tracts; B DNA; DNA curvature; Hydration; Monte Carlo method; Nucleic acids; Poly(dA) poly(dT); Water structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040008175     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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