Controlling nucleic acid secondary structure by intercalation: Effects of DNA strand length on coralyne-driven duplex disproportionation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4608-4615

  Jain, Swapan S ^a   Polak, Matjaž ^a,b   Hud, Nicholas V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORALYNE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INTERCALATING AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; BERBERINE DERIVATIVE; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); TRIPLEX DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC STABILITY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; INTERCALATING AGENTS; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY DA-DT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0041660898     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg648     Document Type: Article

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