Human telomeric sequence forms a hybrid-type intramolecular G-quadruplex structure with mixed parallel/antiparallel strands in potassium solution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2723-2735

  Ambrus, Attila ^a   Chen, Ding ^a   Dai, Jixun ^a   Bialis, Tiffanie ^b   Jones, Roger A ^c   Yang, Danzhou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CATION; DNA; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; THREONINE; GUANINE; POTASSIUM; PROTON; QUADRUPLEX DNA; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; GUANINE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; PROTONS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; TELOMERE;

EID: 33646943863     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl348     Document Type: Article

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