Solution structure of an A-tract DNA bend

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1081-1098

  MacDonald, Douglas ^a   Herbert, Kristina ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Polgruto, Thomas ^a   Lu, Ponzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A tract; DNA bending; DNA curvature; NMR; Residual dipolar couplings

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; CYTOSINE; PROTON; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035830968     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4447     Document Type: Article

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