DNA triple-helix formation on nucleosome core particles. Effect of length of the oligopurine tract

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 301-310

  Brown, Philip M ^b   Fox, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CYTOCELL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti gene; Footprinting; Nucleosomes; Sequence recognition; Triplex DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA HELIX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOSOME; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIPLE HELIX;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 0033119030     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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