Methoxyamine attack on cytosine produces ambivalent base pairing properties of the modified base

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-106

  Gdaniec, Zofia ^a   Sowers, Lawrence C ^b   Fazakerley, G Victor ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

DNA; Mutagenesis; N4 methoxycytosine; NMR; Tautomerism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYLAMINE; METHOXYAMINE; N(4) METHOXYCYTOSINE; N(4)-METHOXYCYTOSINE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADENINE; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROXYLAMINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0029689387     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1996_4568     Document Type: Article

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