Can DNA-binding proteins of replisome tautomerize nucleotide bases? Ab initio model study

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1101-1109

  Brovarets, Ol'ha O ^a,b,c   Yurenko, Yevgen P ^a,b   Dubey, Igor Ya ^a   Hovorun, Dmytro M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

^b State Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology   (Ukraine)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Ab initio study; Dynamical instability; Mutagenic tautomers of DNA bases; Point mutations; Proton transfer; Replisome proteins

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DNA BASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REPLISOME; TAUTOMER; TAUTOMERIZATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84863863815     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2011.672624     Document Type: Article

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