Defining GC-specificity in the minor groove: Side-by-side binding of the di-imidazole lexitropsin to C-A-T-G-G-C-C-A-T-G

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1033-1046

  Kopka, Mary L ^a   Goodsell, David S ^b   Han, Gye Won ^a   Chiu, Thang Kien ^a   Lown, J W ^c   Dickerson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Di imidazole lexitropsins; DNA base recognition; Polyamides; Side by side drug DNA binding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031571640     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00255-4     Document Type: Article

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