Triple helical structures involving inosine: There is a penalty for promiscuity

Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 41, 1996, Pages 13338-13344

  Mills, Martin ^a   Völker, Jens ^b   Klump, Horst H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INOSINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; IONIC STRENGTH; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRIPLE HELIX; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BASE COMPOSITION; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INOSINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMINE;

EID: 0029800362     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi960193w     Document Type: Article

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