Theoretical calculations of base-base interactions in nucleic acids: I Stacking interactions in free bases
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Theoretical calculations of base-base interactions in nucleic acids: I. Stacking interactions in free bases.
Stacking interactions in free bases were computed on the basis of molecular association. The results of the calculations were compared with the stacking patterns observed in a few single crystals of nucleic acid components as examples. The following are the conclusions: (i) there can be two types of stacking pattern classified as normal and inverted types for any two interacting bases and both ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/5.5.1639