Molecular dynamics of d(CGCGAATTCGCG)2 complexed with netropsin and its minor groove methylating analog, Me-lex, using explicit and implicit water models

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 894, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Kelly, Charles Brian ^a   Hill, Heather ^a   Bartolotti, Libero ^b   Varadarajan, Sridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized born model; Me lex; Minor groove methylation; N3 methyladenine; Netropsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349146548     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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