On the geometry and electronic structure of the As-DNA backbone

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-392

  Mládek, Arnošt ^a   Šponer, Jiří ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^b   Fuentes Cabrera, Miguel ^b   Šponer, Judit E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERCONJUGATION EFFECTS; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS;

DNA; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; PHOSPHATES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 79952358574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200015n     Document Type: Article

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