Molecular dynamics simulations of the 136 unique tetranucleotide sequences of DNA oligonucleotides. II: Sequence context effects on the dynamical structures of the 10 unique dinucleotide steps

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3721-3740

  Dixit, Surjit B ^a   Beveridge, David L ^a   Case, David A ^b   Cheatham III, Thomas E ^c   Giudice, Emmanuel ^d,e   Lankas, Filip ^f   Lavery, Richard ^d   Maddocks, John H ^f   Osman, Roman ^e   Sklenar, Heinz ^g   Thayer, Kelly M ^a,i   Varnai, Péter ^d,h  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CALCULATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 28444490422     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 00063495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067397     Document Type: Article

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