Three-dimensional solution structure of the thrombin-binding DNA aptamer d(GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1532-1547

  Schultze, Peter ^a   Macaya, Román F ^a,b   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PharmaGenics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA structure; G DNA; G quartet; Quadruplex; Two dimensional NMR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028318093     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1105     Document Type: Article

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