Left-handed Z-DNA: Structure and function

Genetica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Herbert, Alan ^a   Rich, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADAR1; RNA editing; Supercoiling; Z

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE 1; DNA B; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXON; HISTONE H5; INTRON; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0033395227     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003768526018     Document Type: Article

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