Quadruple intercalated G-6 stack: A possible motif in the fold-back structure of the Drosophila centromeric dodeca-satellite?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-152

  Chou, Shan Ho ^a   Chin, Ko Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drosophila centromere dodeca satellite; NMR; Quadruple intercalation; Sheared GA pairing; Unusual DNA structure

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PURINE; SATELLITE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035900565     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5131     Document Type: Article

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