Correction to: Direct comparison of amino acid and salt interactions with double-stranded and single-stranded DNA from explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations (Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2017) 13:4 (1794-1811) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00883);Direct Comparison of Amino Acid and Salt Interactions with Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA from Explicit-Solvent Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1794-1811

  Andrews, Casey T ^a   Campbell, Brady A ^a   Elcock, Adrian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; INORGANIC SALT; SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SALTS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85017517679     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00596     Document Type: Erratum

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