A General Procedure for Generation of Curved DNA Molecules
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
- Vol. 6 (1), 93-104
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.1988.10506484
Abstract
A general method for generation of base-pairs in a curved DNA structure, for any prescribed values of helical parameters—unit rise (h), unit twist (Θ), wedge roll (ΘR) and wedge tilt (ΘT), propeller twist (ΘP) and displacement (D) is described. Its application for generation of uniform as well curved structures is also illustrated with some representative examples. An interesting relationship is observed between helical twist (Θ), base-pair parameters Θx,Θy and the wedge parameters ΘR, ΘT, which has important consequences for the description and estimation of DNA curvature.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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