X-ray and solution studies of DNA oligomers and implications for the structural basis of A-tract-dependent curvature

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-623

  Shatzky Schwartz, Michal ^a   Arbuckle, Nicola D ^b   Eisenstein, Miriam ^a   Rabinovich, Dov ^a   Bareket Samish, Avital ^c   Haran, Tali E ^c   Luisi, Ben F ^d   Shakked, Zippora ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A tract; DNA bending; DNA hydration; Gel electrophoresis; I tract; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CURVED DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA; INOSINE; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031552364     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0878     Document Type: Article

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