Structural and thermodynamic features of spiroiminodihydantoin damaged DNA duplexes

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 13342-13353

  Jia, Lei ^a   Shafirovich, Vladimir ^a   Shapiro, Robert ^a   Geacintov, Nicholas E ^a   Broyde, Suse ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENS; OXIDATION;

GLUCOSIDIC BONDS; GUANINE; SPIROIMINODIHYDANTOIN (SP); STEREOISOMERS;

DNA;

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; CYSTEINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; SPIROIMINODIHYDANTOIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; GUANOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; OXYGEN; SOFTWARE; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 26444571743     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050790v     Document Type: Article

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