The role of spin in biological processes: O2, NO, nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and Watson-Crick base pairs

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 719-724

  Chen, Edward S ^a,c   Chen, Edward C M ^b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Wentworth Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Electron affinity; RNA; Semi empirical calculations; Spin distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONFIGURATION-INTERACTION CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GASPHASE; GUANINE CYTOSINES; HYDRATION ENERGIES; HYDRATION SHELL; MULTICONFIGURATION; NUCLEOBASES; OXIDATION DAMAGE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATIONS; SPIN DISTRIBUTION; STRAND BREAKAGE; WATER MOLECULE; WATSON-CRICK BASE PAIRS;

DNA; ELECTRONS; GENES; HYDRATION; NEGATIVE IONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DAMAGE; RNA; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON AFFINITY;

EID: 70449578964     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020902865931     Document Type: Article

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