Thymine-methyl/π interaction implicated in the sequence-dependent deformability of DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2183-2192

  Umezawa, Yoji ^a   Nishio, Otohiro ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

^b CHPI Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHYL GROUP; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0037052934     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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