Influence of the π-π interaction on the hydrogen bonding capacity of stacked DNA/RNA bases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1779-1789

  Mignon, Pierre ^a   Loverix, Stefan ^a   Steyaert, Jan ^a   Geerlings, Paul ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; DNA; RNA;

BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY;

BASE PAIRING; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOSINE; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA;

EID: 15944379585     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki317     Document Type: Review

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