Quantum chemical study of the hydrogen-bonded patterns in A · T base pair of DNA: Origins of tautomeric mispairs, base flipping, and Watson-Crick ⇒ Hoogsteen conversion

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 695-710

  Kryachko, Eugene S ^a   Sabin, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTONS;

BASE FLIPPING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84962415168     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.10462     Document Type: Article

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