## Abstract We review the neighbor exclusion model and some of its applications to analyze the binding data of DNAโligand complexes. We revisit the closed form of the model developed by McGhee and von Hippel in 1974, showing that this classic model can be used to help studying the behavior of DNA c
Energetics of the neighbor exclusion model of intercalation
โ Scribed by Andrezej Sawaryn; Bernd Leps; Hans Bradaczek
- Book ID
- 102306429
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 332 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0192-8651
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โฆ Synopsis
The nearest-neighbor exclusion model for intercalation was studied using an energetical approach. It was shown that creation of the intercalation site in the exclusion model corresponds to the same energetical destabilization of the structure as in the standard model of intercalation. The stability of the intercalation complex formed in the case of the exclusion model is lower by 68 kcal/mol as compared with the standard model, but geometrical structures of both complexes are very similar. The electrostatic molecular potential method was also used to further characterize the intercalation site formed within both models of intercalation.
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## Abstract An empirical partitionedโpotential function with optimized parameters was employed to investigate the basis of intercalation specificity recently observed by experimental techniques. The nature of this specificity is discussed in terms of component interactions for all nonโtruncated com