Molecular crowding effects on conformation and stability of G-quadruplex DNA structure: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 364, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-112

  Verdian Doghaei, A ^a   Housaindokht, M R ^a   Bozorgmehr, M R ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cosolute; Ethanol; Gromacs; Hoogsteen hydrogen bond

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; POTASSIUM ION; WATER; MACROMOLECULE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; WATER CONTENT; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ETHANOL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84907646536     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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