The stabilizing contribution of thymine in duplexes of (dA)24 with (dU)24, (dT)24, (dU12-dT12), (dU-dT)12, (dU2-dT2)6, or (dU 3-dT3)4: Nearest neighbor and next-nearest neighbor effects

Biopolymers

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Howard, Frank B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

(dA)24; (dT)24; (dU) 24; (dU dT) 12; (dU12 dT12); Dispersion interactions; Nearest neighbor; Polarizability; Thymine methyl group effect on stability; Thymine sequence effect

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; DISSOCIATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; OLIGOMERS; STABILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

(DA)24; (DT) 24; (DU) 24; (DU)12-(DT)12; (DU-DT) 12; DISPERSION INTERACTIONS; POLARIZABILITY; THYAMINE METHYL GROUP EFFECT ON STABILITY; THYAMINE SEQUENCE EFFECT;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

RNA; THYMINE; ADENINE; INORGANIC SALT; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; POLYTHYMIDYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE;

ADENINE; BASE COMPOSITION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY A; POLY T; POLY U; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; SALTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMINE; URACIL;

EID: 23044475565     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bip.20289     Document Type: Article

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