The role of minor groove functional groups in DNA hydration

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1536-1540

  Woods, Kristen Kruger ^b   Lan, Tao ^a   McLaughlin, Larry W ^a   Williams, Loren Dean ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARBON; CYTOSINE; DNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUANINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; THYMINE;

BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THYMINE; WATER;

EID: 20244366333     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg240     Document Type: Review

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