Formation of an intramolecular triple-stranded DNA structure monitored by fluorescence of 2-aminopurine or 6-methylisoxanthoprotein

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 432-440

  Shchyolkina, Anna K ^c   Kaluzhny, Dmitry N ^c   Borisova, Olga F ^c   Hawkins, Mary E ^a   Jernigan, Robert L ^a   Jovin, Thomas M ^b   Arndt Jovin, Donna J ^b   Zhurkin, Victor B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; ISOXANTHOPTERIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRIPLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA PROBE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

2-AMINOPURINE; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XANTHOPTERIN;

EID: 1442283030     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh158     Document Type: Article

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