Role of base sequence context in conformational equilibria and nucleotide excision repair of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-adenine adducts

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2339-2354

  Yan, Shixiang ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Buterin, Tonko ^b   Naegeli, Hanspeter ^b   Geacintov, Nicholas E ^a   Broyde, Suse ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR (NER) ASSAYS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADENINE; CELL EXTRACT; DIHYDROXYBENZO[A]PYRENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

7,8-DIHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXYBENZO(A)PYRENE 9,10-OXIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYADENOSINES; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA REPAIR; GENES, RAS; GLYCOSIDES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037418535     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0270081     Document Type: Article

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