Double-helical → ladder structural transition in the B-DNA is induced by a loss of dispersion energy

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 16055-16059

  Černý, Jiří ^a   Kabeláč, Martin ^a   Hobza, Pavel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; GENES; ISOMERS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

AB INITIO; DISPERSION ENERGIES; DISPERSION FORCES; DNA HELIXES; DNA STRANDS; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; EMPIRICAL FORCES; GENETIC INFORMATIONS; HELICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ONE HANDS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; VERTICAL SEPARATIONS;

DYNAMICS;

DNA B; DNA;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 56749154419     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja805428q     Document Type: Article

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