DNA bending and sequence-dependent backbone conformation. NMR and computer experiments

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-53

  Ojha, Rejadra P ^e   Dhingra, Madan M ^f   Sarma, Mukti H ^f   Shibata, Masayuki ^a   Farrar, Margaret ^b   Turner, Christopher J ^c   Sarma, Ramaswamy H ^d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f NONE

Author keywords

DNA bending; NMR spectroscopy; Purine thymine junctions; Thymine buckling; Thymine purine junctions

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0009978483     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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