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Current Physical Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1877-9468
ISSN (Online): 1877-9476

High Temperature Unfolding Simulations of a Single-stranded DNA i-Motif

Author(s): Jens Smiatek, Dongsheng Liu and Andreas Heuer

Volume 2, Issue 1, 2012

Page: [115 - 123] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/1877946811202010115

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Abstract

We present the results of high temperature 500 K Molecular Dynamics simulations of a single-stranded DNA i-motif. The unfolding pathways are compared to a biased metadynamics simulation at 300 K. Our results indicate a remarkable agreement between the trajectories. We found that the unfolding process can be described by two main mechanisms with a small number of eigenvectors.

Keywords: DNA i-motif, Molecular Dynamics, Metadynamics, High temperature unfolding, trajectories, eigenvectors, square deviation, applied methods, Nose-Hoover, equilibrium


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