Orientation preferences of pyrrole-imidazole polyamides in the minor groove of DNA

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 38, 1997, Pages 8756-8765

  White, Sarah ^a   Baird, Eldon E ^a   Dervan, Peter B ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030813474     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja971569b     Document Type: Article

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