Barrier-free intermolecular proton transfer induced by excess electron attachment to the complex of alanine with uracil

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 6064-6071

  Da̧bkowska, Iwona ^a   Rak, Janusz ^a   Gutowski, Maciej ^a,b   Nilles, J Michael ^c   Stokes, Sarah T ^c   Bowen Jr , Kit H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER-FREE PROTON TRANSFER (BFPT); IONIZATION ENERGY;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROGENATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ALANINE; ANION; GLYCINE; PROTON; SOLVENT; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALANINE; ANIONS; ELECTRONS; GLYCINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URACIL;

EID: 11144358596     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1666042     Document Type: Article

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