Reconciliation of the X-ray and NMR structures of the thrombin-binding aptamer d(GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-422

  Kelly, Jennifer A ^a   Feigon, Juli ^a   Yeates, Todd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Crystallography; Nucleic acid structure; Protein structure; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029980523     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0097     Document Type: Editorial

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