Localization of ammonium ions in the minor groove of DNA duplexes in solution and the origin of DNA A-tract bending

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 651-660

  Hud, Nicholas V ^a   Sklenář, Vladimir ^b   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Monovalent cations; NMR; Nucleic acid; Spine of hydration; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MONOVALENT CATION; NITROGEN 15; NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM ION; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033605083     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2513     Document Type: Article

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