A role for water molecules in DNA-ligand minor groove recognition

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Nguyen, Binh ^a   Neidle, Stephen ^b   Wilson, W David ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIGAND; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 61849154273     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar800016q     Document Type: Article

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