Cation-regulated self-association of 'Synapsable' DNA duplexes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Fahlman, Richard P ^a   Sen, Dipankar ^a  

^a Biochem Prog Dept of Biol Sci   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA self assembly; Guanine quarters; G G mismatches; Nanostructures; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

CATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032504020     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1875     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. 2+ facilitates intermolecular G-quadruplex formation of telomeric sequences. Biochemistry. 31:1992;3769-3776
2. Gravholt C.H., Friedrich U., Caprani M., Jorgensen A.L. Breakpoints in Robertsonian translocations are localized to satellite III DNA by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Genomics. 14:1992;924-930
3. Hastie N.D., Allshire R.C. Human telomeres fusion and interstitial sites. Trends Genet. 5:1989;326-331
4. + in DNA quadruplexes is dominated by relative free energies of hydration a thermodynamic analysis by 1H NMR. Biochemistry. 35:1996;15383-15390
5. Katinka M.D., Bourgain F.M. Interstitial telomeres are hotspots for illegitimate recombination with DNA molecules injected into the macronucleus of Paramecium primaurelia. EMBO J. 11:1992;725-732
6. Knapp S., Delle Karth G., Friedl J., Purtscher B., Mitterbauer G., Domer P.H., Jaeger U. Guanine-rich (GGNNGG) elements at chromosomal breakpoints interact with a loop-forming, single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Oncogene. 9:1994;1501-1505
7. Lu M., Guo Q., Kallenbach N.R. Thermodynamics of G-tetraplex formation by telomeric DNAs. Biochemistry. 32:1993;598-601
8. Schleif R. DNA looping. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 61:1992;199-223
9. Seeman N.C. Macromolecular design, nucleic acid junctions, and crystal formation. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam. 3:1985;11-34
10. Sen D., Gilbert W. A sodium-potassium switch in the formation of four-stranded G4-DNA. Nature. 344:1990;410-414
11. Suda T., Mishima Y., Asakura H., Kominami R. Formation of a parallel-stranded DNA homoduplex by d(GGA) repeat oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res. 23:1995;3771-3777
12. Venczel E.A., Sen D. Parallel and antiparallel G-DNA structures from a complex telomeric sequence. Biochemistry. 32:1993;6220-6228
13. Venczel E.A., Sen D. Synapsable DNA. J. Mol. Biol. 257:1996;219-224
14. Wellinger R., Sen D. The DNA structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Eur. J. Cancer. 33:1997;735-749
15. Williamson J.R. G-quartet structures in telomeric DNA. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 23:1994;703-730