Modified amber force field correctly models the conformational preference for tandem GA pairs in RNA

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1292-1301

  Aytenfisu, Asaminew H ^a   Spasic, Aleksandar ^a   Seetin, Matthew G ^a   Serafini, John ^a   Mathews, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84896292945     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct400861g     Document Type: Article

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