Refinement of Generalized Born Implicit Solvation Parameters for Nucleic Acids and Their Complexes with Proteins

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3714-3728

  Nguyen, Hai ^a   Pérez, Alberto ^a   Bermeo, Sherry ^a   Simmerling, Carlos ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RNA; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84938910994     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00271     Document Type: Article

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