Structural heterogeneity of pyrimidine/purine-biased DNA sequence analyzed by atomic force microscopy

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 3632-3636

  Kato, Mikio ^a,b   McAllister, Chad J ^b   Hokabe, Shingo ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^c   Lyubchenko, Yuri L ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative DNA structure; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); H DNA; Intramolecular triplex DNA; Polypyrimidine polypurine sequence

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUFFER; MICA; PLASMID DNA; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EUKARYOTA; MICA;

EID: 0036360294     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03063.x     Document Type: Article

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