Toward accurate prediction of the protonation equilibrium of nucleic acids

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 760-766

  Goh, Garrett B ^a   Knight, Jennifer L ^a   Brooks, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical Chemistry and Biomolecules

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND BIOMOLECULES; CONSTANT PH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PROTONATION EQUILIBRIA; REALISTIC SIMULATION; REPLICA EXCHANGE; SPATIAL COORDINATES;

BIOMOLECULES; CALCULATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTONATION;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84874876112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400078d     Document Type: Article

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