Preferential counterion binding to A-tract DNA oligomers

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1025-1033

  Stellwagen, Nancy C ^a   Magnusdottir, Soffia ^b   Gelfi, Cecilia ^c   Righetti, Pier Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Counterion binding; DNA bending; Dna oligonucleotide; Free solution mobility

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA A; OLIGOMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0035793210     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4362     Document Type: Article

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