Formation of an amino-acid-binding pocket through adaptive zippering-up of a large DNA hairpin loop

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 555-572

  Lin, Chin H ^a   Wang, Weimin ^b   Jones, Roger A ^b   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive DNA structural transitions; L argininamide binding pocket; Minor groove base encapsulation; Sheared G A triple alignments

Indexed keywords

ARGININAMIDE; ARGININE; BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DNA APTAMER; DNA HAIRPIN LOOP; GUANIDINE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO SELECTION; LIGAND;

EID: 0032192812     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90114-4     Document Type: Article

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