Base stacking controls excited-state dynamics in A·T DNA

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7054, 2005, Pages 1141-1144

  Crespo Hernández, Carlos E ^a   Cohen, Boiko ^a   Kohler, Bern ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GROUND STATE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRONIC ENERGY; ELECTRONIC STATES; EXCITED BASE PAIRS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS;

DNA;

ADENINE; DNA BASE; PROTON; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

DNA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA HELIX; DNA TEMPLATE; ENERGY; EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ADENINE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ELECTRONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; THYMINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24144459117     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03933     Document Type: Article

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