Energetics of the B-Z DNA Transition

A new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of nucleic acids and proteins

1984 • 4,553 citations

The molecular theory of polyelectrolyte solutions with applications to the electrostatic properties of polynucleotides

1978 • 2,873 citations

Thermodynamic analysis of ion effects on the binding and conformational equilibria of proteins and nucleic acids: the roles of ion association or release, screening, and ion effects on water activity

1978 • 1,651 citations

Salt-induced co-operative conformational change of a synthetic DNA: Equilibrium and kinetic studies with poly(dG-dC)

1972 • 1,213 citations

THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF LEFT-HANDED Z-DNA

1984 • 1,149 citations

Optimised parameters for A-DNA and B-DNA

1972 • 971 citations

Solubility in Water of Paraffin, Cycloparaffin, Olefin, Acetylene, Cycloolefin, and Aromatic Hydrocarbons¹

1966 • 744 citations

Theory of helix-coil transitions in biopolymers

1970 • 734 citations

The Anatomy of A-, B-, and Z-DNA

1982 • 645 citations

Left-Handed Double Helical DNA: Variations in the Backbone Conformation

1981 • 571 citations

Conformational fluctuations of DNA helix.

1975 • 562 citations

DNA conformation is determined by economics in the hydration of phosphate groups

1986 • 438 citations

Torsional rigidity of DNA and length dependence of the free energy of DNA supercoiling

1984 • 397 citations

Solvent denaturation

1978 • 383 citations

Action of nicking-closing enzyme on supercoiled and nonsupercoiled closed circular DNA: formation of a Boltzmann distribution of topological isomers.

1975 • 378 citations

Macromolecular binding

1975 • 364 citations

Energetics of B-to-Z transition in DNA.

1983 • 335 citations

Facile transition of poly[d(TG)·d(CA)] into a left-handed helix in physiological conditions

1983 • 335 citations

Negatively supercoiled plasmids contain left-handed Z-DNA segments as detected by specific antibody binding

1982 • 285 citations

Cruciform formation in a negatively supercoiled DNA may be kinetically forbidden under physiological conditions

1983 • 212 citations

Polymorphism of a synthetic DNA in solution

1976 • 206 citations

AT base pairs are less stable than GC base pairs in Z-DNA: The crystal structure of d(m5CGTAm5CG)

1984 • 202 citations

Dynamics of DNA Oligomers

1983 • 192 citations

Molecular structure of (m⁵dC-dG)³: the role of the methyl group on 5-methyl cytosine in stabilizing Z-DNA

1982 • 191 citations

Facile cruciform formation by an (A-T)34 sequence from a Xenopus globin gene

1985 • 186 citations

Left-handed DNA: from Synthetic Polymers to Chromosomes

1983 • 181 citations

Unwinding of double-stranded DNA helix by dehydration.

1981 • 160 citations

Slow cruciform transitions in palindromic DNA.

1983 • 122 citations

A one- and two-dimensional NMR study of the B to Z transition of (m⁵dC-dG)₃in methanolic solution

1984 • 122 citations

S1 nuclease recognizes DNA conformational junctions between left-handed helical (dT-dG n. dC-dA)n and contiguous right-handed sequences.

1984 • 119 citations

Conformational flexibility of junctions between contiguous B- and Z-DNAs in supercoiled plasmids.

1983 • 113 citations

Fluctuations in superhelical DNA

1979 • 102 citations

The transitions between left- and right-handed forms of poly(dG-dC)

1981 • 101 citations

Statistical mechanics of the B----Z transition of DNA: contribution of diffuse ionic interactions.

1984 • 97 citations

Formation of Z-DNA in negatively supercoiled plasmids is sensitive to small changes in salt concentration within the physiological range.

1983 • 92 citations

Sequence-dependent energetics of the B-Z transition in supercoiled DNA containing nonalternating purine-pyrimidine sequences.

1985 • 91 citations

General theoretical approach to the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of cooperative intramolecular transformations of linear biopolymers

1968 • 91 citations

Effects of salts, temperature, and stem length on supercoil-induced formation of cruciforms.

1983 • 88 citations

Mobility and recognition in cell biology

1983 • 83 citations

Effects of 5 cytosine methylation on the B-Z transition in DNA restriction fragments and recombinant plasmids

1983 • 81 citations

An assessment of the Z-DNA forming potential of alternating dA-dT stretches in supercoiled plasmids

1986 • 80 citations

Interaction between antibodies to Z-form deoxyribonucleic acid and double-stranded polynucleotides

1982 • 80 citations

Temperature‐dependent conformational transitions in poly(dG‐dC) and poly(dG‐m⁵dC)

1985 • 74 citations

Thermodynamics of the ColE1 cruciform

1984 • 72 citations

Salt-induced Transition between Two Double-helical Forms of Oligo(dC-dG)

1983 • 71 citations

Thermodynamics of the B–Z transition in superhelical DNA

1984 • 65 citations

Proton NMR and circular dichroism studies of the B and Z conformations of the self-complementary deoxyhexanucleotide d(m5C-G-C-G-m5C-G): mechanism of the Z-B-coil transitions

1984 • 61 citations

Molecular‐mechanical studies of Z‐DNA: A comparison of the structural and energetic properties of Z‐ and B‐DNA

1982 • 61 citations

Theoretical analysis of competitive conformational transitions in torsionally stressed DNA

1981 • 61 citations

Transition from B to Z DNA: Contribution of Internal Fluctuations to the Configurational Entropy Difference

1985 • 59 citations

Relative Stabilities and Transitions of DNA Conformations in 1:1 Electrolytes: A Theoretical Study

1987 • 50 citations

B-Z DNA junctions contain few, if any, nonpaired bases at physiological superhelical densities.

1985 • 47 citations

Left-handed Z Form in Superhelical DNA: A Theoretical Study

1984 • 44 citations

Temperature‐dependent reversible transition of poly(dCdG) · poly(DcdG) in ethanolic and methanolic solutions

1984 • 44 citations

Thermodynamics of the B to Z transition in poly(m5dG-dC).

1986 • 42 citations

Generalized Poisson‐Boltzmann calculation of the distribution of electrolyte ions around the B‐ and Z‐conformers of DNA

1984 • 40 citations

A thermally driven interconversion of B and Z-DNA

1983 • 40 citations

Solvent distribution in crystals of B- and Z-Oligomers

1985 • 37 citations

B‐Z DNA conformational transition in 1:1 electrolytes: dependence upon counterion size

1987 • 37 citations

Stress-induced cruciform formation in a cloned d(CATG)10 sequence.

1986 • 36 citations

Theoretical Analysis of Conformational Equilibria in Superhelical DNA

1985 • 36 citations

Application of Polyelectrolyte Theory to the Study of the B-Z Transition in DNA (1)

1985 • 33 citations

Statistical‐mechanical treatment of violations of the double helix in supercoiled DNA

1979 • 30 citations

B,Z Conformations and Mechanism of the Z-B-Coil Transitions of the Self-Complementary Deoxy-hexanucleotide d(C-G-m⁵C-G-C-G) by¹H-NMR and CD Spectroscopy

1984 • 30 citations

Increase in temperature induces the Z to B transition of poly[d(G‐C)] in water‐ethanol solution

1984 • 22 citations

Thermodynamics of left‐handed helix formation

1986 • 20 citations

Comments on the one‐dimensional ising model and its application to the cis–trans equilibrium in poly‐<scp>L</scp>‐proline

1968 • 13 citations

Statistical mechanics of supercoiling-induced B-to-Z transitions in a closed circular DNA: One-dimensional model system with a double quadratic displacement potential and long range interactions

1985 • 10 citations

Experimental Evaluation of the B‐DNA → Z‐DNA Transition: Energetics of a Reversible, Thermally Induced Helix/Helix Transition of Poly dG‐m⁵dC in Physiological Mg^2± Concentrations

1986 • 8 citations

Z-DNA in Solution

1987 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations