NMR study of the exchange rate between two stacked conformers of a model Holliday junction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 519-524

  Overmars, Franc J J ^a   Altona, Cornelis ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1H NMR spectroscopy; Branch migration; Four way DNA junction; Holliday junction

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031592939     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1340     Document Type: Editorial

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