Helix rigidity of DNA: The meroduplex as an experimental paradigm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-223

  Hagerman, Karin R ^a   Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Molecular assembly; Molecular evolution; Nucleic acid structure; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; PHOSPHATE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIREFRINGENCE; CONFORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030581180     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0393     Document Type: Article

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