Theoretical analysis of the excited state properties of wybutine: A natural probe for transfer RNA dynamics

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Lahiri, Ansuman ^a   Uličný, Jozef ^b   Laaksonen, Aatto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CIS; Modified base; Reaction field; fluorescence lifetime; TDDFT

Indexed keywords

RNA DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WYBUTINE;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EMPIRICISM; FLUORESCENCE; GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVENT EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4143087479     PISSN: 14220067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i5030075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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