Sequence-dependent folding of DNA three-way junctions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5142-5150

  Assenberg, René ^a,b,c   Weston, Anthony ^a   Cardy, Don L N ^a   Fox, Keith R ^b  

^a CYTOCELL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA B; DNA BASE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 0036924974     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf637     Document Type: Review

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