Crystal structures of the side-by-side binding of distamycin to AT-containing DNA octamers d(ICITACIC) and d(ICATATIC)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1157-1170

  Chen, Xin ^a   Ramakrishnan, B ^a   Sundaralingam, M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating AT IC B DNA; Crystal structure; Distamycin in B DNA minor groove; Pyrrole carboxamide dipoles; Side by side binding

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DISTAMYCIN A; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DNA BINDING; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031576986     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0941     Document Type: Article

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