Centromeric pyrimidine strands fold into an intercalated motif by forming a double hairpin with a novel T:G:G:T tetrad: Solution structure of the d(TCCCGTTTCCA) dimer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 840-856

  Gallego, José ^c   Chou, Shan Ho ^a   Reid, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alphoid DNA; Centromere; Hairpin; i motif; TGGT tetrad

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031558792     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1361     Document Type: Article

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