title: Recent advances in the study of nucleic acid flexibility by molecular dynamics.
abstract: The recent use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study flexibility of nucleic acids has been reviewed from an analysis of the publications appearing in the past two years (from 2005 till date). Despite the existence of some unsolved problems in the methodologies, these years have been witness to major advances in the field. Based on a critical review of the most recent contributions, excitement exists on the expected evolution of the field in the next years.
authors.affiliation: Joint IRB-BSC Program on Computational Biology, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, Barcelona 08028, Spain. modesto@mmb.pcb.ub.es
authors.forename: Modesto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orozco
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noy
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids