DNA architecture: from G to Z

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-298

  Phan, Anh Tuân ^a   Kuryavyi, Vitaly ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUNORUBICIN; DNA; DNA Z; G QUADRUPLEX DNA; PROTEIN; QUINOBENZOXAZINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DNA BINDING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA; DNA, Z-FORM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES;

EID: 33744780994     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.05.011     Document Type: Review

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