5-Hydroxyuracil can form stable base pairs with all four bases in a DNA duplex

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 400-402

  Thiviyanathan, Varatharasa ^a   Somasunderam, Anoma ^a   Volk, David E ^a   Gorenstein, David G ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYURACIL; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL DERIVATIVE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DEAMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION;

EID: 13244292256     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b414474k     Document Type: Article

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