Counterion redistribution upon binding of a tat-protein mimic to HIV-1 TAR RNA

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 688-694

  Do, Trang N ^a,b   Ippoliti, Emiliano ^c   Carloni, Paolo ^c   Varani, Gabriele ^d   Parrinello, Michele ^e  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

^c German Research School for Simulation Sciences GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84857098216     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct2005769     Document Type: Article

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