Convergence and reproducibility in molecular dynamics simulations of the DNA duplex d(GCACGAACGAACGAACGC)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1850, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1041-1058

  Galindo Murillo, Rodrigo ^a   Roe, Daniel R ^a   Cheatham, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pair fraying; Convergence; DNA dynamics; Molecular dynamics; Nucleic acid; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; ALGORITHM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALGORITHMS; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84923206685     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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