Extension of the four-stranded intercalated cytosine motif by adenine•adenine base pairing in the crystal structure of d(CCCAAT)

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 416-425

  Berger, Imre ^a,b   Kang, Chulhee ^a,c   Fredian, April ^a   Ratliff, Robert ^d   Moyzis, Robert ^d   Rich, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029032852     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0595-416     Document Type: Article

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