Crystal structure of a B-form DNA duplex containing (L)-α-threofuranosyl (3′→2′) nucleosides: A four-carbon sugar is easily accommodated into the backbone of DNA

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 13716-13721

  Wilds, Christopher J ^a   Wawrzak, Zdzislaw ^b   Krishnamurthy, Ramanarayanan ^c   Eschenmoser, Albert ^c,d   Egli, Martin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

QUASI-DIAXIAL ORIENTATION;

DNA;

ALPHA THREO FURANOSYLNUCLEOSIDE; CARBON; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOSIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL BINDING; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TETROSES;

EID: 2242462219     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0207807     Document Type: Article

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