Solution structure of a pyrimidine·purine·pyrimidine triplex containing the sequence-specific intercalating non-natural base D3

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1052-1069

  Wang, Edmond ^a   Koshlap, Karl M ^a   Gillespie, Paul ^b   Dervan, Peter B ^b   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

2DNMR; DNA; Intercalator; NMR; Triple helix; Triple strand; Triplex

Indexed keywords

BASE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0029887643     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0223     Document Type: Article

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