Hydration pattern of A4T4 and T4A4 DNA: A molecular dynamics study

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1081-1086

  Balasubramanian, Chandramouli ^a   Ojha, Rajendra Prasad ^b   Maiti, Souvik ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conformational effect; Heat capacity; Hydration; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADENOSINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSINE; DNA; HEAT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 33847632865     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.084     Document Type: Article

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