Lead is unusually effective in sequence-specific folding of DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Smirnov, Ivan ^a   Shafer, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA quadruplex stabilization; Lead cation

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; LEAD; POTASSIUM; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0034635342     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3441     Document Type: Article

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