title: Model for DNA hairpin denaturation.
abstract: We investigate the thermal denaturation of DNA hairpins using molecular dynamics simulations of a simple model describing the molecule at a scale of a nucleotide. The model allows us to analyze the different interacting features that determine how an hairpin opens, such as therole of the loop and the properties intrinsic to the stem.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, c/Pedro Cerbuna s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cuesta-López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peyrard
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
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