Characterizing structural transitions using localized free energy landscape analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Banavali, Nilesh K ^a,b   MacKerell Jr , Alexander D ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65849123885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005525     Document Type: Article

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