Quantum-mechanical survey of the novel conformational and tautomeric transformations of the classical Watson-Crick А·Т(WC), reverse Watson-Crick А·Т(rWC), Hoogsteen А·Т(Н) and reverse Hoogsteen А·Т(rН) DNA base pairs
Chemistry & Chemical Technology
Proceedings of the 8th International Youth Science Forum "Litteris et Artibus", November 22–24, 2018, Lviv: Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2018, pp. 136–150
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Abstract
This study represents novel and previously unknown conformational and tautomeric transformations of the classical Watson-Crick А·Т DNA base pairs – Watson-Crick А·Т(WC), reverse Watson-Crick А·Т(rWC), Hoogsteen А·Т(Н) and reverse Hoogsteen А·Т(rН), leading to the novel, non-planar conformations or tautomers of these base pairs.
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