Nanoswitches based on DNA base pairs: Why adenin-thymine is less suitable than guanine-cytosine

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1971-1979

  Guerra, Célia Fonseca ^a   Van Der Wijst, Tushar ^a   Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; DNA structures; Hydrogen bonds; Nanoswitch; Substituent effects

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; POSITIVE IONS;

ADENINE-THYMINE; DNA BASE PAIRS; DNA STRUCTURE; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GUANINE CYTOSINES; NANOSWITCH; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 33748948585     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600216     Document Type: Article

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