Structure, force, and energy of a double-stranded DNA oligonucleotide under tensile loads

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-426

  MacKerell Jr , Alexander D ^a   Lee, Gil U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Duplex DNA oligonucleotide; Molecular dynamics; Potential of mean force calculations

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344327079     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050224     Document Type: Article

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