Secondary structures in d(CGG) and d(CCG) repeat tracts

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-16

  Darlow, John M ^a   Leach, David R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annealing conditions; d(CGG) d(CCG) repeat tracts; DNA hairpins; Homoduplex alignment; quadruplexes

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

BASE MISPAIRING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032498265     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1453     Document Type: Review

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