Determining the Locations of Ions and Water around DNA from X-Ray Scattering Measurements

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2886-2895

  Meisburger, Steve P ^a   Pabit, Suzette A ^a   Pollack, Lois ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; DNA; WATER;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; METALS, ALKALI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84931275607     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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