Enhanced uranyl photocleavage across the minor groove of all (A/T)4 sequences indicates a similar narrow minor groove conformation

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-227

  Sönnichsen, Søren Holst ^a   Nielsen, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A T tract; DNA conformation; minor groove; photocleavage; uranyl

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FERROUS AMMONIUM SULFATE; FERROUS ION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; URANYL NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNTHESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; EDETIC ACID; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; URANYL NITRATE;

EID: 0030135609     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1352(199605)9:3<219::AID-JMR242>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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