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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

Modulation of the helical properties of DNA: next-to-nearest neighbour effects and beyond.

Alexandra Balaceanu, Diana Buitrago, Jürgen Walther, Adam Hospital, Pablo D Dans, Modesto Orozco

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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  17. Asymmetric base-pair opening drives helicase unwinding dynamics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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6 authors.

Alexandra BalaceanuInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Diana BuitragoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Jürgen WaltherInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Adam HospitalInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Pablo D DansInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Modesto OrozcoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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Abstract

We used extensive molecular dynamics simulations to study the structural and dynamic properties of the central d(TpA) step in the highly polymorphic d(CpTpApG) tetranucleotide. Contrary to the assumption of the dinucleotide-model and its nearest neighbours (tetranucleotide-model), the properties of the central d(TpA) step change quite significantly dependent on the next-to-nearest (hexanucleotide) sequence context and in a few cases are modulated by even remote neighbours (beyond next-to-nearest from the central TpA). Our results highlight the existence of previously undescribed dynamical mechanisms for the transmission of structural information into the DNA and demonstrate the existence of certain sequences with special physical properties that can impact on the global DNA structure and dynamics.

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Sequence Analysis, DNABase PairingDinucleotide RepeatsDNAMicrosatellite RepeatsMolecular Dynamics SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationDNA

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PMID30957854
PMCPMC6511876

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