The ABCs of molecular dynamics simulations on B-DNA, circa 2012

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-397

  Beveridge, David L ^a   Cheatham III, Thomas E ^b   Mezei, Mihaly ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC; DNA; Molecular dynamics; Sequence effects; Tetranucleotide steps

Indexed keywords

DNA B; ION; NUCLEOTIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

BASE PAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SOLVATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, B-FORM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84864345337     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9222-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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