α/γ transitions in the B-DNA backbone

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 5398-5406

  Várnai, Péter ^a   Djuranovic, Dragana ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a   Hartmann, Brigitte ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037115820     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf680     Document Type: Review

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