Kinetic discrimination in the folding of intramolecular triple helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Roberts, Richard W ^a   Crothers, Donald M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Kinetics; Melting curves; Stopped flow; Triplex

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOMER; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0030581146     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0388     Document Type: Editorial

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