Single-stranded adenine-rich DNA and RNA retain structural characteristics of their respective double-stranded conformations and show directional differences in stacking pattern

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 15996-16010

  Isaksson, J ^a   Acharya, S ^a   Barman, J ^a   Cheruku, P ^a   Chattopadhyaya, J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTONS; RNA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

HEXAMERS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT SPECTROMETRY (NOESY); STRUCTURAL PREORGANIZATION;

DNA;

ADENINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; IMIDAZOLE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADENINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144311174     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048221v     Document Type: Article

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