Unique base-pair breathing dynamics in PNA-DNA hybrids

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 438-455

  Leijon, Mikael ^a   Sehlstedt, Ulrica ^a   Nielsen, Peter E ^b   Gräslund, Astrid ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Base pair opening; Imino proton exchange; NMR; Peptide nucleic acids; PNA DNA hybrids

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; THYMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031583481     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1153     Document Type: Article

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