Solvent-induced DNA conformational transition

B Gu, FS Zhang, ZP Wang, HY Zhou - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
Modified water models with scaled charges are used to investigate solvent polarity effects on
DNA structure. Several intensive molecular dynamics simulations of the DNA EcoRI …

The electrostatic potential of B‐DNA

B Jayaram, KA Sharp, B Honig - … : Original Research on …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Electrostatic potentials around DNA are obtained by solving the nonlinear Poisson‐
Boltzmann (PB) equation. The detailed charge distribution of the DNA and the different …

The low-temperature crystal structure of the pure-spermine form of Z-DNA reveals binding of a spermine molecule in the minor groove

D Bancroft, LD Williams, A Rich, M Egli - Biochemistry, 1994 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received November 8, 1993® abstract: The X-ray crystalstructure of the
pure-spermine form of the left-handed Z-DNA duplex [d (CGCGCG)] 2 has been determined …

Electrostatics of B-DNA in NaCl and CaCl2 Solutions: Ion Size, Interionic Correlation, and Solvent Dielectric Saturation Effects

S Gavryushov - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008 - ACS Publications
The epsilon-modified Poisson− Boltzmann (ϵ-MPB) equations (J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111,
5264) have been solved on a three-dimensional grid for an all-atom geometry model of B …

Quantitative analysis of DNA secondary structure from solvent-accessible surfaces: the B-to Z-DNA transition as a model

TF Kagawa, D Stoddard, G Zhou, PS Ho - Biochemistry, 1989 - ACS Publications
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon97331 Received December 5, 1988; Revised Manuscript Received April 25, 1989 …

Molecular dynamics of B-DNA including water and counterions: a 140-ps trajectory for d (CGCGAATTCGCG) based on the GROMOS force field

S Swaminathan, G Ravishanker… - Journal of the American …, 1991 - ACS Publications
A theoretical study of the dynamical structure of the DNA dodecamer d (CGCGAATTCGCG)
based on 140 ps of molecular dynamics simulation including water and counterions is …

An A-DNA triplet code: thermodynamic rules for predicting A-and B-DNA.

B Basham, GP Schroth, PS Ho - Proceedings of the …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
The ability to predict macromolecular conformations from sequence and thermodynamic
principles has long been coveted but generally has not been achieved. We show that …

The B̄ to Ā transition of DNA in solution

VI Ivanov, LE Minchenkova, EE Minyat… - Journal of molecular …, 1974 - Elsevier
Abstract The B̄ to Ā transition of DNA in water-ethanol solutions has been studied by
circular dichroism. The transition is reversible and co-operative and occurs within a narrow …

Intrinsic Z-DNA is stabilized by the conformational selection mechanism of Z-DNA-binding proteins

S Bae, D Kim, KK Kim, YG Kim… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Z-DNA, a left-handed isoform of Watson and Crick's B-DNA, is rarely formed without the help
of high salt concentrations or negative supercoiling. However, Z-DNA-binding proteins can …

Theoretical prediction of base sequence effects in DNA: experimental reactivity of Z-DNA and BZ transition enthalpies

B Hartmann, B Malfoy, R Lavery - Journal of molecular biology, 1989 - Elsevier
Molecular modeling is used to study the sequence dependence of conformation and stability
within helically regular duplex Z-DNA. The variations of conformation that are found are …