Solution structure of a parallel-stranded G-quadruplex DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1171-1183

  Wang, Yong ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti glycoside torsion angles at all guanines; Molecular dynamics calculations; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Parallel stranded right handed G quadruplex; Tetrahymena telomeric sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027750779     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1668     Document Type: Article

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