Propeller-twisting of base-pairs and the conformational mobility of dinucleotide steps in DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-103

  El Hassan, M A ^a   Calladine, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; DNA; Flexibility; Propeller Twist; Slide

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DATA BASE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030003963     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0304     Document Type: Article

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