DNA molecules can drive the assembly of other DNA molecules into specific four-stranded structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Marco Haviv, Yonit ^a   Baran, Nava ^a   Manor, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Four stranded DNA isomers; G clusters; G quartets; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033548147     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2461     Document Type: Article

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