Formation and structural determinants of multi-stranded guanine-rich DNA complexes

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-216

  Poon, Karen ^a   MacGregor Jr , Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA structure; Electrophoresis; Frayed wires; Guanine; Telomere; Tetraplex

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GUANINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034657023     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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