Optimization of the CHARMM additive force field for DNA: Improved treatment of the BI/BII conformational equilibrium

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 348-362

  Hart, Katarina ^a   Foloppe, Nicolas ^b   Baker, Christopher M ^c   Denning, Elizabeth J ^c   Nilsson, Lennart ^a   MacKerell Jr , Alexander D ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

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EID: 84855661433     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct200723y     Document Type: Article

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