Measurement of Nucleobase pKa Values in Model Mononucleotides Shows RNA-RNA Duplexes to Be More Stable than DNA-DNA Duplexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2862-2869

  Acharya, P ^a   Cheruku, P ^a   Chatterjee, S ^a   Acharya, S ^a   Chattopadhyaya, J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN BONDS; MUTAGENESIS; PH EFFECTS; RNA; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GENETIC CODES; NUCLEOBASES; NUCLEOTIDES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

3' ETHYL PHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCELOSIDE 3',5' BISETHYL PHOSPHATE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS;

DNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1542286635     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0386546     Document Type: Article

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