The doping of alkali metal groups (LiO-, NaO-and KO-) into porous carbons (PC) for acetone
and methanol adsorption were studied for the first time by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo …

I-motif or C4 is a four-stranded DNA structure with a protonated cytosine: cytosine base pair
(C+: C) found in cytosine-rich sequences. We have found that oligodeoxynucleotides …

The specific folding pattern and function of RNA molecules lies in various weak interactions,
in addition to the strong base-base pairing and stacking. One of these relatively weak …

We present a systematic structural and energetic characterization of phosphate (OP)–
nucleobase anion… π stacking interactions in RNAs. We observed OP–nucleobase stacking …

Base pairs involving post-transcriptionally modified nucleobases are believed to play
important roles in a wide variety of functional RNAs. Here we present our attempts toward …

The catalytic strategies of small self-cleaving ribozymes often involve interactions between
nucleobases and the ribonucleic acid (RNA) backbone. Here we show that multiply …

Noncoding RNA molecules are composed of a large variety of noncanonical base pairs that
shape up their functionally competent folded structures. Each base pair is composed of at …

The roles of protonated nucleobases in stabilizing different structural motifs and in facilitating
catalytic functions of RNA are well known. Among different polar sites of all the nucleobases …

Riboswitches are 5′-untranslated regions of mRNA that change their conformation in
response to ligand binding, allowing post-transcriptional gene regulation. This ligand-based …

We used the high resolution and accuracy of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) to
provide detailed information regarding base pairing interactions of selected nucleobases …