Choline Ions Stabilize A-T Base Pairs by Fitting into Minor Groove

Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan Graduate School of System Informatics, Department of Computational Science, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan Graduate school of Faculty of Frontier of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University, 7-1-20, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan

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