Periodic conformations of deoxyribonucleic acids

Tai Te Wu

doi:10.1007/BF02476684

Periodic conformations of deoxyribonucleic acids

Tai Te Wu^*

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Abstract

The conformation of a deoxyribonucleotide unit in a deoxyribonucleic acid molecule can be defined by six angles, each of which specifies the relative orientations between two groups of atoms adjacent to a covalent bond. With the assumption that these atoms are hard spheres with fixed van der Waal radii, conformations are sought to minimize their overlapping. The additional requirement of the polymer having a periodic structure further reduces the allowable conformations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	687-700
Number of pages	14
Journal	The bulletin of mathematical biophysics
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476684
State	Published - Dec 1968

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Neuroscience
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