Electronic Coupling within Watson-Crick Pairs

Electronic Coupling within Watson-Crick Pairs 

Electronic states of DNA fragments where the electron hole is located on a pyrimidine base are of high energy because cytosine and thymine are relatively weak hole acceptors [7, 51]. Nevertheless, the electronic coupling between nucleobases within (GC) and (AT) pairs may be of interest when one compares different CT paths in DNA using the superexchange model [14]. In Table 5, we present results of the electronic coupling within the base pairs (GC) and (AT) [41]. 

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