The transition from a Neutral-pH double helix to a low-pH triple helix induces a conformational switch in the CCCG tetraloop closing a Watson-Crick stem

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 715-729

  Van Dongen, Maria J P ^a   Wijmenga, Sybren S ^a,c   Van Der Marel, Gijs A ^b   Van Boom, Jacques H ^b   Hilbers, Cornelis W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conformational switch; Hoogsteen base pair; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Pyrimidine purine pyrimidine triple helix; Watson Crick base pair

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0030589037     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0611     Document Type: Article

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