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Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2003, 68, 2231-2282
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20032231

Molecular Interactions of Nucleic Acid Bases. A Review of Quantum-Chemical Studies

Jiří Šponera,b,* and Pavel Hobzab,*

a Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
b J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry and Centre for Complex Molecular Systems and Biomolecules, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic

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