Nonempirical calculations of a hydrated RNA duplex

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作者
Hutter, J
Carloni, P
Parrinello, M
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH,D-70569 STUTTGART,GERMANY
[2] IBM CORP,DIV RES,ZURICH RES LAB,CH-8803 RUSCHLIKON,SWITZERLAND
[3] UNIV FLORENCE,DEPT CHEM,I-50121 FLORENCE,ITALY
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10.1021/ja9612209
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We have performed density functional theory based ab initio calculations on the crystal structure of sodium guanylyl-3'-5'-cytidine (GpC) nonahydrate. Our calculations are in good agreement with the experimentally determined X-ray structure. This is one of the first attempts to model ab initio nucleic acids in laboratory-realizable conditions. Comparison is also made with empirical force field based structure calculations.
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