X-ray fibre diffraction study of an elevated temperature structure of poly(dA)·poly(dT)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-71

  Premilat, Samuel ^a   Albiser, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

High temperature structure; Poly(dA) poly(dT); Structural transition; X ray fibre diffraction

Indexed keywords

DNA B; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE);

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030660212     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1378     Document Type: Article

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