Novel pathway for mutagenic tautomerization of classical А∙Т DNA base pairs via sequential proton transfer through quasi-orthogonal transition states: A QM/QTAIM investigation

• Ol’ha O. Brovarets’,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Quantum Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

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• Kostiantyn S. Tsiupa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Quantum Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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• Dmytro M. Hovorun

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dhovorun@imbg.org.ua

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Quantum Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-5520

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