Sequence and pH Effects of LNA-Containing Triple Helix-Forming Oligonucleotides: Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Modeling Studies

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4160-4169

  Sun, Bei Wen ^a   Babu, B Ravindra ^b   Sørensen, Mads D ^b   Zakrzewska, Krystyna ^c   Wengel, Jesper ^b   Sun, Jian Sheng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; MELTING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GENE EXPRESSION; TRIPLE HELIX-FORMING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES (TFOS);

OLIGOMERS;

CARBENE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; DNA HELIX; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; HEAT; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1842531403     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi036064e     Document Type: Article

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