DNA bending and "structural" waters in major and minor grooves of A-tracts. Monte Carlo computer simulations

Alexander V. Teplukhin, Valery I. Poltev, Victor B. Zhurkin

To elucidate the possible role of structural waters in stabilizing bent DNA, various conformations of AT-containing decamers, (A5T5)2 and A10:T10, were studied by Monte Carlo simul…