Dielectric relaxation and solvation dynamics of water in complex chemical and biological systems

N Nandi, K Bhattacharyya, B Bagchi - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
Because of its unique properties, water drives many natural and biological processes. While
a detailed understanding of its precise role is still being unravelled, it is clear that the …

Intercalation of organic dye molecules into double-stranded DNA--general principles and recent developments

H Ihmels, D Otto - Supermolecular dye chemistry, 2005 - Springer
Several aspects of the intercalation of organic dyes into DNA are presented. After a
description of general features of intercalation and the analytical evaluation of this binding …

Parmbsc1: a refined force field for DNA simulations

I Ivani, PD Dans, A Noy, A Pérez, I Faustino… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
We present parmbsc1, a force field for DNA atomistic simulation, which has been
parameterized from high-level quantum mechanical data and tested for nearly 100 systems …

Direct measurement of the dielectric polarization properties of DNA

A Cuervo, PD Dans, JL Carrascosa… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The electric polarizability of DNA, represented by the dielectric constant, is a key intrinsic
property that modulates DNA interaction with effector proteins. Surprisingly, it has so far …

Ion transport and the true transference number in nonaqueous polyelectrolyte solutions for lithium ion batteries

KD Fong, J Self, KM Diederichsen, BM Wood… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonaqueous polyelectrolyte solutions have been recently proposed as high Li+
transference number electrolytes for lithium ion batteries. However, the atomistic …

Capacitance cytometry: Measuring biological cells one by one

LL Sohn, OA Saleh, GR Facer… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
Measuring the DNA content of eukaryotic cells is a fundamental task in biology and
medicine. We have observed a linear relationship between the DNA content of eukaryotic …

Protein crowding affects hydration structure and dynamics

R Harada, Y Sugita, M Feig - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The effect of protein crowding on the structure and dynamics of water was examined from
explicit solvent molecular dynamics simulations of a series of protein G and protein G/villin …

Molecular dynamics simulation of nucleic acids

TE Cheatham III, PA Kollman - Annual review of physical …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
We review molecular dynamics simulations of nucleic acids, including those completed from
1995 to 2000, with a focus on the applications and results rather than the methods. After the …

TiIV Uptake and Release by Human Serum Transferrin and Recognition of TiIV-Transferrin by Cancer Cells:  Understanding the Mechanism of Action of the …

M Guo, H Sun, HJ McArdle, L Gambling, PJ Sadler - Biochemistry, 2000 - ACS Publications
The organometallic anticancer agent titanocene dichloride, Cp2TiCl2, is now in phase II
clinical trials as an anticancer drug, but its mechanism of action is poorly understood. We …

Calculating the electrostatic properties of RNA provides new insights into molecular interactions and function

K Chin, KA Sharp, B Honig, AM Pyle - Nature structural biology, 1999 - nature.com
Solutions to the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation were used to obtain the electrostatic
potentials of RNA molecules that have known three-dimensional structures. The results are …