Targeting of single-stranded DNA and RNA containing adjacent pyrimidine and purine tracts by triple helix formation with circular and clamp oligonucleotides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3592-3603

  Maksimenko, Andrei V ^a,b   Volkov, Evgueny M ^a   Bertrand, Jean Rémi ^b   Porumb, Horea ^b   Malvy, Claude ^b   Shabarova, Zoe A ^a   Gottikh, Marina B ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Alternate strand; Circular; Clamp; Oligonucleotide; Triple helix

Indexed keywords

RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIPLE HELIX;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; RNA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0033948871     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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