Molecular dynamics simulations and coupled nucleotide substitution experiments indicate the nature of A·A base pairing and a putative structure of the coralyne-induced homo-adenine duplex

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7715-7727

  Joung, In Suk ^a   Persil Çetinkol, Özgül ^b   Hud, Nicholas V ^b   Cheatham III, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CORALYNE; DEOXYADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DNA BINDING; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE PAIRING; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; DEOXYADENOSINES; DNA; INTERCALATING AGENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SOLVENTS; TUBERCIDIN;

EID: 75649113363     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp730     Document Type: Article

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