Structure and dynamics of supercoil-stabilized DNA cruciforms

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Shlyakhtenko, Luda S ^a   Potaman, Vladimir N ^b   Sinden, Richard R ^b   Lyubchenko, Yuri L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy; Cruciform conformation; DNA supercoiling; Holliday junction; Inverted repeats in DNA

Indexed keywords

CRUCIFORM DNA; MAGNESIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0032479310     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1855     Document Type: Article

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