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How Do Charges Travel through DNA?—An Update on a Current Debate
Author(s) -
Grinstaff Mark W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991216)38:24<3629::aid-anie3629>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - stacking , oligonucleotide , base pair , charge (physics) , duplex (building) , dna , pairing , current (fluid) , chemical physics , sequence (biology) , chemistry , computer science , physics , genetics , biology , condensed matter physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , quantum mechanics , superconductivity , thermodynamics
The effects of oligonucleotide sequence , base pairing, stacking, and duplex microstructure as well as donor–acceptor distance, labeling site, and driving force on charge‐transfer reactions in DNA are of interest, yet relatively few experiments have been performed to address many of these issues. This article summarizes recent results on DNA‐mediated charge transfer and highlights experimental and theoretical issues that are still unanswered or unresolved.