Structural effects of cytosine methylation on DNA sugar pucker studied by FTIR

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 667-676

  Banyay, Martina ^a   Gräslund, Astrid ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA sugar pucker; FTIR BI BII conformational substates; Methylated DNA

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA B; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANOSINE; SUGAR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036922909     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01104-X     Document Type: Article

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