Solvation of nucleosides in aqueous mixtures of organic solvents: Relevance to dna open basepairs

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1111-1127

  Ababneh, Anas M ^a,b   Large, C C ^a   Georghiou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONITRILE; AMPHOPHILE; BUTANOL; CURVED DNA; ISOBUTANOL; METHANOL; NUCLEOSIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROPANOL; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SOLVATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0041843695     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74548-2     Document Type: Article

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