Genetically unstable CXG repeats are structurally dynamic and have a high propensity for folding. An NMR and UV spectroscopic study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-336

  Zheng, Minxue ^a   Huang, Xuening ^a   Smith, G Kenneth ^b   Yang, Xueyong ^a   Gao, Xiaolian ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformation; Gene mutation; NMR and UV; Stability; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030606224     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0643     Document Type: Article

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