Structure of stacked dimers of N-methylated Watson-Crick adenine-thymine base pairs

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 537-547

  Shishkin, Oleg V ^a,b   Elstner, Marcus ^b,c   Frauenheim, Thomas ^c   Suhai, Sándor ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SINGLE CRYSTALS   (Ukraine)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenine thymine Watson Crick base pair; Intermolecular interaction; Stacking dimers; Structure

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLTHYMINE; 9 METHYLADENINE; ADENINE; DIMER; THYMINE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042697894     PISSN: 14220067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i4100537     Document Type: Article

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