Role of the closing base pair for d(GCA) hairpin stability: Free energy analysis and folding simulations

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8271-8280

  Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan ^a   Zacharias, Martin ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLOSING BASE PAIR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAIRPIN UNFOLDING; HYDROGEN BOND; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICA EXCHANGE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS;

EID: 80455168345     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr541     Document Type: Article

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