Determination of the number and location of the manganese binding sites of DNA quadruplexes in solution by EPR and NMR in the presence and absence of thrombin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-394

  Marathias, Vasilios M ^a   Wang, Ke Yu ^a   Kumar, Surat ^a   Pham, Thy Q ^a   Swaminathan, S ^b   Bolton, Philip H ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; DNA; Electrostatics; Metal binding; Telomere; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; METAL BINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030593464     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0408     Document Type: Article

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