Probing the structural dynamics of nucleic acids by quantitative time-resolved and equilibrium hydroxyl radical 'footprinting'

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 648-653

  Brenowitz, Michael ^a   Chance, Mark R ^a   Dhavan, Gauri ^a   Takamoto, Keiji ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EDETIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

CATALYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLYSIS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036816641     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00366-4     Document Type: Review

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