Ascorbic acid induces a marked conformational change in long duplex DNA

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3101-3106

  Yoshikawa, Yuko ^a,d,e   Suzuki, Mari ^a   Chen, Ning ^b   Zinchenko, Anatoly A ^b   Murata, Shizuaki ^b,d   Kanbe, Toshio ^c   Nakai, Tonau ^f   Oana, Hidehiro ^d   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Bunri College   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Higher order structure of DNA; Pearling structure; Single molecular observation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0038037026     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03699.x     Document Type: Article

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