Quantum mechanical continuum solvation models

J Tomasi, B Mennucci, R Cammi - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
This review on continuum solvation models has been preceded in Chemical Reviews by
others addressing the same subject. They are due to Tomasi and Persico1 (published in …

DNA-binding of drugs used in medicinal therapies

G Bischoff, S Hoffmann - Current medicinal chemistry, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
The interactions of various low-molecular weight substances with DNA are naturally relevant
mechanisms in the cellular cycle and so also used in medicinal treatment. Depending on the …

Application of a pairwise generalized Born model to proteins and nucleic acids: inclusion of salt effects

J Srinivasan, MW Trevathan, P Beroza… - Theoretical Chemistry …, 1999 - Springer
The Poisson–Boltzmann (PB) continuum solvent model shows considerable promise in
providing a description of electrostatic solvation effects in biomolecules, but it can be …

Molecular flexibility in ab initio drug docking to DNA: binding-site and binding-mode transitions in all-atom Monte Carlo simulations

R Rohs, I Bloch, H Sklenar, Z Shakked - Nucleic acids research, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The dynamics of biological processes depend on the structure and flexibility of the
interacting molecules. In particular, the conformational diversity of DNA allows for large …

A new approach to the rapid determination of protein side chain conformations

P Tuffery, C Etchebest, S Hazout… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
Two efficient algorithms have been developed which allow amino acid side chain
conformations to be optimized rapidly for a given peptide backbone conformation. Both …

Energetic coupling between DNA bending and base pair opening.

J Ramstein, R Lavery - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988 - National Acad Sciences
The pathway for base pair opening within a B-DNA duplex is investigated by theoretical
molecular modeling. The results show that the disruption of a single base pair is …

Methylene blue binding to DNA with alternating GC base sequence: a modeling study

R Rohs, H Sklenar, R Lavery… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Photoactive methylene blue is one of the most efficient singlet oxygen generating dyes. It
binds to DNA and induces photosensitized reactions which can be used for sequence …

[PDF][PDF] Base-base and deoxyribose-base stacking interactions in B-DNA and Z-DNA: a quantum-chemical study

J Sponer, HA Gabb, J Leszczynski, P Hobza - Biophysical journal, 1997 - cell.com
Base-stacking interactions in canonical and crystal B-DNA and in Z-DNA steps are studied
using the ab initio quantum-chemical method with inclusion of electron correlation. The …

Protein structure prediction: recognition of primary, secondary, and tertiary structural features from amino acid sequence

F Eisenhaber, B Persson, P Argos - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
This review attempts a critical stock-taking of the current state of the science aimed at
predicting structural features of proteins from their amino acid sequences. At the primary …

JUMNA (junction minimisation of nucleic acids)

R Lavery, K Zakrzewska, H Sklenar - Computer Physics Communications, 1995 - Elsevier
The latest version of JUMNA program for the energy optimisation of nucleic acids and
nucleic acid-ligand complexes is described. The force field used, input and output data …