A generalized conformational energy function of DNA derived from molecular dynamics simulations

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Yamasaki, Satoshi ^a,f   Terada, Tohru ^b,g   Shimizu, Kentaro ^a,b   Kono, Hidetoshi ^c,d   Sarai, Akinori ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Japan Atomic Energy Agency ^*  (Japan)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^g RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIMULATION; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION;

BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 76149104568     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp718     Document Type: Article

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