Theoretical methods for the simulation of nucleic acids

M Orozco, A Pérez, A Noy, FJ Luque - Chemical Society Reviews, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
Different theoretical methods for the description of nucleic acid structures are reviewed.
Firstly, we introduce the concept of classical force-field in the context of nucleic acid …

Advances in biomolecular simulations: methodology and recent applications

J Norberg, L Nilsson - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2003 - cambridge.org
1. Introduction 2582. Set-up of MD simulations 2602.1 Constant-pressure dynamics 2602.2
Grand-canonical dynamics 2612.3 Boundary conditions 2613. Force fields 2623.1 Proteins …

[HTML][HTML] DNA basepair step deformability inferred from molecular dynamics simulations

F Lankaš, J Šponer, J Langowski, TE Cheatham - Biophysical journal, 2003 - cell.com
The sequence-dependent DNA deformability at the basepair step level was investigated
using large-scale atomic resolution molecular dynamics simulation of two 18-bp DNA …

[HTML][HTML] DNA polymorphism: a comparison of force fields for nucleic acids

SY Reddy, F Leclerc, M Karplus - Biophysical journal, 2003 - cell.com
The improvements of the force fields and the more accurate treatment of long-range
interactions are providing more reliable molecular dynamics simulations of nucleic acids …

Dynamically amorphous character of electronic states in poly (dA)− poly (dT) DNA

JP Lewis, TE Cheatham, EB Starikov… - The Journal of …, 2003 - ACS Publications
We present theoretical work on the electronic states in a model DNA double helix of poly
(dA)− poly (dT)(10 base pairs) as the molecule undergoes thermal fluctuations at room …

Titration in Silico of Reversible B ↔ A Transitions in DNA

AK Mazur - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003 - ACS Publications
Reversible transitions between the A-and B-forms of DNA are obtained in free molecular
dynamics simulations of a single double helix immersed in a water drop with Na+ …

Binding interactions between the core central domain of 16S rRNA and the ribosomal protein S15 determined by molecular dynamics simulations

W Li, B Ma, BA Shapiro - Nucleic acids research, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The goal of the current study is to utilize molecular dynamic (MD) simulations to investigate
the dynamic behavior of 16S rRNA in the presence and absence of S15 and to identify the …

In Silico Modeling and Conformational Mobility of DNA Duplexes

YN Vorobjev - Molecular Biology, 2003 - Springer
The review is focused on issues of transferability of the context-sensitive conformational
characteristics of DNA estimated from crystallographic structural data on the DNA in …

Internal Structure and Dynamics of the Decamer D (ATGCAGTCAG) 2 In Li+-H 2 O Solution: A molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

RA Lohikoski, J Timonen, AP Lyubartsev… - Molecular …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular dynamics simulation of the decamer d (ATGCAGTCAG) 2 in aqueous solution,
electroneutralized by Li+ ions has been carried out. Emphasis is on the verification of the …

[图书][B] Heterogeneity: From structure refinement to protein folding

G Cui - 2003 - search.proquest.com
Biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, are heteropolymers, the repeating units of
which are chosen from a finite set of simple organic molecules that share certain …