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The effect of screening the backbone phosphates by Mg2+ ions, in various ways, on the negative electrostatic potential minima associated with the nucleic acid bases in B-DNA is investigated. The results are compared to screening by Na+ ions and to the corresponding potential minima in unscreened B-DNA.
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Cauchy, D., Lavery, R. & Pullman, B. The effect of screening the electrostatic potentials of reactive sites within B-DNA by metal cations. Theoret. Chim. Acta 57, 323–327 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00552744
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00552744