… Indeed, we find that the overall electrostatic contribution to the relative stability of Z-DNA …
We have found here that the electrostatic contribution to the transition free energy favors Z-DNA. …

… us to rationalize the A to B transition of DNA in solution and in … electrostatic interactions are
strong enough, alone, to induce the transition independently of other energetic contributions, …

… (eg, sequences of alternating GC), which occurs at molar salt concentrations, the
electrostatic contribution to the free energy difference, 8F = Fz - FB, can be determined experimentally, …

… DNA sequences that experience this transition at larger [DNA] give rise to right-handed … the
analysis, to minimize the contribution of DNA charges from the neighboring strand across the …

… (van der Waals and other force field terms) to the free energy change for the DNA
conformational transition from the regular B-form to the unwound form (the last term in equation (4)) …

… the DNA repair enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase (… contribution of electrostatic interactions
between four essential phosphodiester groups of the DNA substrate and the cationic transition …

… electrostatic interactions in DNA aggregates and investigate their role in the structural and
packing transitions… could calculate their contribution into the electrostatic interaction energy. In …

… This steric contribution from DNA superhelical shape thus counteracts the tendency of formation
… on the lattice that could trigger cholesteric-to-hexagonal phase transition at large [DNA]. …

… evaluate the electrostatic contributions to the relative stability of various DNA conformations
(A… shows the electrostatic component of AG for the transition from B-DNA to other forms. At 50 …

… may be analyzed in terms of a two-step process15, 16: formation of the intercalation cavity
inside the DNA duplex (ie transition of the DNA helix from a regular B-form into an unwound …