Formation pathways of a guanine-quadruplex DNA revealed by molecular dynamics and thermodynamic analysis of the substates

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1787-1804

  Štefl, Richard ^a   Cheatham III, Thomas E ^b   Špačková, Nad'a ^c   Fadrná, Eva ^a   Berger, Imre ^d   Koča, Jaroslav ^a   Šponer, Jiří ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA; DNA G; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042823487     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74608-6     Document Type: Article

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