Charge localization in DNA fibers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Gervasio, Francesco Luigi ^a   Laio, Alessandro ^a   Parrinello, Michele ^a   Boero, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE LOCALIZATION; FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RADICAL EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS;

DNA;

DNA Z; GUANYLYL-(5'-3')-CYTIDYLYL-(5'-3')-ADENOSINE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

DNA, Z-FORM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 18144365180     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.158103     Document Type: Article

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