DNA and its counterions: A molecular dynamics study

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4269-4280

  Várnai, Péter ^a,b   Zakrzewska, Krystyna ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA BASE; GUANINE; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; THYMINE; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 4043179941     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh765     Document Type: Article

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