PseKNC: a flexible web server for generating pseudo K-tuple nucleotide composition

W Chen, TY Lei, DC **, H Lin, KC Chou - Analytical biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The pseudo oligonucleotide composition, or pseudo K-tuple nucleotide composition
(PseKNC), can be used to represent a DNA or RNA sequence with a discrete model or …

[HTML][HTML] Coarse-grained modeling of RNA 3D structure

WK Dawson, M Maciejczyk, EJ Jankowska, JM Bujnicki - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
Functional RNA molecules depend on three-dimensional (3D) structures to carry out their
tasks within the cell. Understanding how these molecules interact to carry out their biological …

Probing allostery through DNA

S Kim, E Broströmer, D **ng, J **, S Chong, H Ge… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Allostery is well documented for proteins but less recognized for DNA-protein interactions.
Here, we report that specific binding of a protein on DNA is substantially stabilized or …

3D-DART: a DNA structure modelling server

M van Dijk, AMJJ Bonvin - Nucleic acids research, 2009 - academic.oup.com
There is a growing interest in structural studies of DNA by both experimental and
computational approaches. Often, 3D-structural models of DNA are required, for instance, to …

Functional rice centromeres are marked by a satellite repeat and a centromere-specific retrotransposon

Z Cheng, F Dong, T Langdon, S Ouyang… - The Plant …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The centromere of eukaryotic chromosomes is essential for the faithful segregation and
inheritance of genetic information. In the majority of eukaryotic species, centromeres are …

DNA helix: the importance of being GC‐rich

AE Vinogradov - Nucleic acids research, 2003 - academic.oup.com
A new explanation for the emergence of heavy (GC‐rich) isochores is proposed, based on
the study of thermostability, bendability, ability to B–Z transition and curvature of the DNA …

DNA basepair step deformability inferred from molecular dynamics simulations

F Lankaš, J Šponer, J Langowski, TE Cheatham - Biophysical journal, 2003 - cell.com
The sequence-dependent DNA deformability at the basepair step level was investigated
using large-scale atomic resolution molecular dynamics simulation of two 18-bp DNA …

New anticancer potential Pt complex with tertamyl dithiocarbamate ligand: Synthesis, DNA targeting behavior, molecular dynamic, and biological activity

ME Moghadam, M Rezaeisadat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, a new platinum complex,[Pt (phen)(tertamyl. dtc)] NO 3, where (phen) is 1,
10-phenanthroline and (tertamyl. dtc) is the tertamyl-dithiocarbamate ligand, has been …

Weak palindromic consensus sequences are a common feature found at the integration target sites of many retroviruses

X Wu, Y Li, B Crise, SM Burgess, DJ Munroe - Journal of virology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Integration into the host genome is one of the hallmarks of the retroviral life cycle and is
catalyzed by virus-encoded integrases. While integrase has strict sequence requirements for …

Spatial contacts and nucleosome step movements induced by the NURF chromatin remodeling complex

R Schwanbeck, H **ao, C Wu - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
The nucleosome remodeling factor NURF is a four-subunit, ISWI-containing chromatin
remodeling complex that catalyzes nucleosome sliding in an ATP-dependent fashion …