Solution structure of an antiparallel purine motif triplex containing a 7·CG pyrimidine base triple

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-435

  Ji, Jie ^a   Hogan, Michael E ^b   Gao, Xiaolian ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparallel triplex; DNA recognition; Gene targeting; NMR; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; DNA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHATES; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; SOLUTIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030584683     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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