Induced polarization influences the fundamental forces in DNA base flipping

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2077-2083

  Lemkul, Justin A ^a   Savelyev, Alexey ^a   MacKerell, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

base opening; CHARMM; force field; molecular dynamics; nucleic acids; polarizability; potential of mean force

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLARIZATION; REPAIR; SOLVENTS;

BASE OPENING; CHARMM; FORCE FIELDS; POLARIZABILITIES; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE;

DNA;

EID: 84903158830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5009517     Document Type: Article

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