An FTIR and CD study of the structural effects of G-tract length and sequence context on DNA conformation in solution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-432

  Lindqvist, Martina ^a   Gräslund, Astrid ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Base stacking; CD; DNA G tract; FTIR; Sugar puckering

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PHOSPHATE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0035976750     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5164     Document Type: Article

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