Conformational transitions of the phosphodiester backbone in native dna: Two-dimensional magic-angle-spinning 31P-NMR of DNA fibers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1539-1552

  Song, Zhiyan ^a   Antzutkin, Oleg N ^a   Lee, Young K ^a,b   Shekar, S C ^a,c   Rupprecht, Allan ^a   Levitt, Malcolm H ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Quantum Magnetics Inc   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA BINDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030750205     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78186-4     Document Type: Article

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