Nuclear aggregates of polyamines

IUBMB Life

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-82

  D'Agostino, Luciano ^a,c   Di Pietro, Massimiliano ^a   Di Luccia, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA conformation; DNA elasticity; DNA protection; Nuclear aggregates of polyamines; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

DNA Z; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEAR AGGREGATES OF POLYAMINE; NUCLEASE; PHOSPHATE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA MODIFICATION; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYAMINES;

EID: 33646260943     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540600662525     Document Type: Review

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