How much π-stacking do DNA termini seek? Solution structure of a self-complementary DNA hexamer with trimethoxystilbenes capping the terminal base pairs

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 15680-15687

  Tuma, Jennifer ^a   Paulini, Ralph ^b   Rojas Stütz, Jan A ^c   Richert, Clemens ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFORMATIONS; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC RING SYSTEM; GROOVE BINDING; STILBENES;

DNA;

AMIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOXYCHRYSENE; TRIMETHOXYCHRYSENE CARBOXAMIDE; TRIMETHOXYSTILBENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SOLUTIONS; STILBENES;

EID: 10844279158     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048205y     Document Type: Article

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