A molecular dynamics simulation study of oriented DNA with polyamine and sodium counterions: Diffusion and averaged binding of water and cations

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 5971-5981

  Korolev, Nikolay ^a,b   Lyubartsev, Alexander P ^b   Laaksonen, Aatto ^b   Nordenskiöld, Lars ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; BRIDGED COMPOUND; CATION; DNA; PHOSPHATE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM; SPERMIDINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA BINDING; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA STRAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; POLYAMINES; SODIUM; WATER;

EID: 0344011142     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg802     Document Type: Article

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