A coarse-grained model for double-helix molecules in solution: Spontaneous helix formation and equilibrium properties

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Tepper, Harald L ^a,b   Voth, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHOSPHATES; SOLVENTS;

COARSE-GRAINED MODELS; DOUBLE-HELIX MOLECULES; HELIX FORMATION; WORMLIKE CHAIN (WLC);

LIPIDS;

DNA; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 17444405896     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1869417     Document Type: Article

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