Molecular dynamics of a ΚB DNA element: Base flipping via cross-strand intercalative stacking in a microsecond-scale simulation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4941-4955

  Mura, Cameron ^a,c   McCammon, J Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE FLIPPING; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS STRAND INTERCALATIVE STACKING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; KAPPA B DNA ELEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849107000     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn473     Document Type: Article

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