Development of the ABEEMσπ Polarization Force Field for Base Pairs with Amino Acid Residue Complexes

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2098-2111

  Liu, Cui ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Han, Bing Yu ^a   Gong, Li Dong ^a   Lu, Li Nan ^a   Yang, Zhong Zhi ^a   Zhao, Dong Xia ^a  

^a LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXOGUANINE GLYCOSYLASE 1, HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85019146660     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b01206     Document Type: Article

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