Cations Form Sequence Selective Motifs within DNA Grooves via a Combination of Cation-Pi and Ion-Dipole/Hydrogen Bond Interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Mikaela ^a   Dunlap, Tori ^a   Dourlain, Elizabeth ^a   Grant, Bryce ^a   McFail Isom, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CATION PI; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOVALENT CATION; THALLIUM; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATION PI INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA GROOVE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881190730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071420     Document Type: Article

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