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SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Jimenez M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4895446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
González-Jiménez Mario M Ramakrishnan Gopakumar G Harwood Thomas T Lapthorn Adrian J AJ Kelly Sharon M SM Ellis Elizabeth M EM Wynne Klaas K
Nature communications 20160601
Underdamped terahertz-frequency delocalized phonon-like modes have long been suggested to play a role in the biological function of DNA. Such phonon modes involve the collective motion of many atoms and are prerequisite to understanding the molecular nature of macroscopic conformational changes and related biochemical phenomena. Initial predictions were based on simple theoretical models of DNA. However, such models do not take into account strong interactions with the surrounding water, which i ...[more]