Characterizing the strength of individual hydrogen bonds in DNA base pairs

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2151-2161

  Szatyłowicz, Halina ^a   Sadlej Sosnowska, Nina ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL);

BASE PAIRS; DNA BASE PAIRS; H-BOND STRENGTH; H-BONDS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; NATURAL BOND ORBITAL ANALYSIS; WATSON-CRICK BASE PAIRS;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650708910     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci100288h     Document Type: Article

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