Effect of additional unpaired bases on the stability of three-way DNA junctions studied by fluorescence techniques

Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 44, 1997, Pages 13539-13551

  Stühmeier, Frank ^a   Lilley, David M J ^b   Clegg, Robert M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042330729     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi970245x     Document Type: Article

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