Free-energy landscape of a thrombin-binding DNA aptamer in aqueous environment

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4845-4851

  Kim, Eunae ^a,b   Yang, Changwon ^c   Pak, Youngshang ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84869008079     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct300714u     Document Type: Article

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