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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)687-700
Number of pages14
JournalThe bulletin of mathematical biophysics
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1968

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Environmental Science
  • General Mathematics
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Immunology

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