Helium nanodroplets have emerged as a new and exciting medium for studying the structure
and dynamics of both this quantum solvent and impurities that can be doped into (onto) and …

One of the most important topics in molecular biology is the genetic stability of DNA. One
threat to this stability is proton transfer along the hydrogen bonds of DNA that could lead to …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the substituent tautomerism of six-membered
heterocycles that has appeared since 1976. The most significant development since 1976 is …

Covering the gap between basic textbooks and over-specialized scientific publications, this
is the first reference available to describe this interdisciplinary topic for PhD students and …

Proton transfer along the hydrogen bonds of DNA can lead to the creation of short-lived, but
biologically relevant point mutations that can further lead to gene mutation and, potentially …

The results of a comprehensive study on the double-proton transfer in Adenine− Thymine
(AT) and Guanine− Cytosine (GC) base pairs at room temperature in gas phase and with the …

Molecules can be exposed to strong local electric fields of the order of 108–1010 V m− 1 in
the biological milieu. The effects of such fields on the rate constant (k) of a model reaction …

Infrared laser spectroscopy is used to study the four lowest energy tautomers of guanine,
isolated in helium nanodroplets. The large number of vibrational bands observed in the …

The 1, 3 intramolecular hydrogen transfer reaction in free thymine and in Mg (II)− thymine
have been studied at the density functional theory level. The mechanism of intramolecular …

The relationship between base pair hydrogen bond proton transfer and the rate of
spontaneous single point mutations at ambient temperatures and pressures in aqueous …