The thermodynamic contribution of the 5-methyl group of thymine in the two- and three-stranded complexes formed by poly(dU) and poly(dT) with poly(dA)

Biopolymers

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-222

  Ross, Philip D ^a   Howard, Frank B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Nucleic acid stability; Poly(dA); Poly(dT); Poly(dU); Thermodynamics of nucleic acid duplexes; Thermodynamics of nucleic acid triplexes; Thymine methyl group contribution

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELTING; POLYPEPTIDES; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS;

HELICAL COMPLEXES;

NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

METHYL GROUP; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); POLYTHYMIDYLIC ACID; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOCIATION; ENTROPY; MELTING POINT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENINE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY A; POLY T; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMINE; URACIL;

EID: 0037321245     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bip.10306     Document Type: Article

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