Calculation of the ionization potentials of the DNA bases in aqueous medium

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 108, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 10376-10379

  Close, David M ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PHASE; NUCLEOTIDES; PARENTHESES; VERTICAL IONIZATION;

DNA; METHANOL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

IONIZATION;

EID: 9944265840     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp046660y     Document Type: Article

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