Ion distributions around left- and right-handed DNA and RNA duplexes: A comparative study

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13981-13996

  Pan, Feng ^a   Roland, Christopher ^a   Sagui, Celeste ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A RNA; ANION; DNA B; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z RNA; CATION; CHLORIDE; DIVALENT CATION; DNA A; MAGNESIUM; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CPG ISLAND; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ION DISTRIBUTION; ION TRANSPORT; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OSMOLARITY;

CATIONS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CHLORIDES; DNA, A-FORM; DNA, B-FORM; DNA, Z-FORM; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SODIUM;

EID: 84927656679     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1107     Document Type: Article

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