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Molecular dynamic analysis of ion distributions around DNA strand
The charged ions that surround DNA molecules can dramatically affect its conformation, folding and dynamics. This visualization is from a molecular dynamics simulation of a DNA system where the electron density of the surrounding ions was critical to understanding how they might modulate the structure and interactions of the DNA double helix.
[Researcher: Dan Roe, University of Utah; AMBER/CPPTRAJ code optimizations by Antonio Gomez, TACC; visualization by Anne Bowen, TACC.] (Date image taken: unknown; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: July 13, 2021)
Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center;
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