Distance-dependent charge transfer mechanism in adenine bridging DNA sequences

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Kim, Heeyoung ^a   Sim, Eunji ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Density matrix; DNA; Path integral; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRS; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; COHERENCE LENGTHS; DENSITY MATRIX; DNA CHARGE TRANSFER; PATH INTEGRAL; PATH INTEGRATION; PATHWAY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SUPEREXCHANGES; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 71849094348     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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