Design and NMR study of an immobile DNA four-way junction containing 38 nucleotides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 576-583

  Overmars, Franc J J ^a   Lanzotti, Virginia ^b   Galeone, Aldo ^c   Pepe, Antonietta ^c   Mayol, Luciano ^c   Pikkemaat, Jeroen A ^a   Altona, Cornelis ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Four way DNA junction; Holliday junction; Oligonucleotide

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030724102     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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