Atomic-level simulations of Seeman DNA nanostructures: The paranemic crossover in salt solution

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1463-1479

  Maiti, Prabal K ^a,b   Pascal, Tod A ^a   Vaidehi, Nagarajan ^a   Heo, Jiyoung ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN; ION; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; INORGANIC SALT; NANOMATERIAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STRESS; VIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SALTS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33646139659     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.064733     Document Type: Article

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