The decisive role of the water structure in changes of conformation of nucleic acids

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-144

  Barciszewski, Jan ^a,c   Jurczak, Janusz ^a,b   Porowski, Sylwester ^c   Specht, Thomas ^d   Erdmann, Volker A ^d  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformation; High pressure; Nucleic acids; Water structure

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; OSMOLARITY; PRESSURE; REVIEW;

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 0032601605     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1999_4191     Document Type: Review

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