Proton transfer in DNA base pairs

Computational Studies of RNA and DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 411-432

  Bertran, J ^a   Blancafort, L ^b   Noguera, M ^a   Sodupe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA; excited states; metal cation interaction; oxidation; proton transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889967454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4851-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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