Stabilities of double-and triple-strand helical nucleic acids

YK Cheng, BM Pettitt - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 1992 - Elsevier
The fundamental chemistry underlying the stability of nucleic acid associations determines
the molecular biology of genetic regulation and expression. This subject has many …

Elucidation of Primary Radiation Damage in DNA through Application of Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory

AO Colson, MD Sevilla - International journal of radiation biology, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes the results of recent ab initio molecular orbital calculations
performed on DNA constituents that attempt to further our understanding of the radiation …

Ab Initio Calculations on Uracil− Water

T Van Mourik, SL Price, DC Clary - The Journal of Physical …, 1999 - ACS Publications
The potential energy surface for the interaction of uracil with one water molecule is
investigated using ab initio techniques. The structures of four cyclic minima, as well as two …

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations on DNA radical ions. 4. Effect of hydration on electron affinities and ionization potentials of base pairs

AO Colson, B Besler, MD Sevilla - The Journal of Physical …, 1993 - ACS Publications
Ab initio molecular orbital calculations have been performed at the 3-21G and 6-31+ G (d)//3-
21G levels in order to gain insight into the effects of hydration on electron affinities and …

[PDF][PDF] SAPT: A program for many-body symmetry-adapted perturbation theory calculations of intermolecular interaction energies

B Jeziorski, R Moszynski, A Ratkiewicz… - … and techniques in …, 1993 - physics.udel.edu
SAPT: A Program for Many-Body Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory Calculations of
Intermolecular Interaction Energies Page 1 SAPT: A Program for Many-Body Symmetry-Adapted …

Molecular structure and hydrogen bonding in polyhydrated complexes of adenine: A DFT study

OS Sukhanov, OV Shishkin, L Gorb… - The Journal of …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Molecular structures of complexes of adenine with 12, 13, 14, and 16 water molecules were
calculated using the B3LYP/6-31G (d) method. The location of water molecules on one side …

Modeling of the hydration shell of uracil and thymine

OV Shishkin, L Gorb, J Leszczynski - International Journal of Molecular …, 2000 - mdpi.com
The molecular geometry of complexes of uracil and thymine with 11 water molecules was
calculated using the density functional theory with the B3LYP functional. The standard 6 …

Effects of hydrogen bonding on the acidity of uracil

M Di Laudo, SR Whittleton… - The Journal of Physical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The present study uses density functional theory to investigate the effects of hydrogen
bonding on the (N1) acidity of uracil. Uracil and uracil anion complexes with water …

Effects of hydrogen bonding on the acidity of uracil derivatives

SR Whittleton, KC Hunter… - The Journal of Physical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
The present study uses density functional theory to investigate the effects of hydrogen
bonding on the acidity of C5-and C6-substituted uracil derivatives. The proton affinities and …

The interaction of the most stable guanine tautomers with water. The structure and properties of monohydrates

OV Shishkin, OS Sukhanov, L Gorb… - Physical Chemistry …, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
A comprehensive computational study of all stable monohydrates of the oxo-amino N9H
(Gua9), oxo-amino N7H (Gua7), and hydroxy-imino N9H (Gua9*) tautomers of guanine has …