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. 1976 Aug;3(8):1973–1984. doi: 10.1093/nar/3.8.1973

Conformational analysis of polynucleotides. I. The favorable left-handed helical model for the poly(8,2'-S-cycloadenylic acid) with high anti conformation.

S Fujii, K Tomita
PMCID: PMC343053  PMID: 184437

Abstract

1) Energy calculations have shown that poly (8,2'-S-cycloadenylic aicd) can form left-handed helices owing to the high anti conformation. 2) Two favorable left-handed helices are characterized by axial translation per residue (Z=4.3 and 3.6A) and by rotations per residue (theta= 40 degrees and -25 degrees). 3) The proposed helical models might be stable in aqueous solution and is well explicable of the optical property of this compound.

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