Influence of base stacking and hydrogen bonding on the fluorescence of 2-aminopurine and pyrrolocytosine in nucleic acids

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 9145-9155

  Hardman, Samantha J O ^a   Thompson, Katherine C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUENCHING;

BASE-STACKED COMPLEXES; DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACIDS; FLUORESCENT NUCLEOBASE ANALOGUE; RADIATIVE RATE;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

2 AMINOPURINE; DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLOCYTOSINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

2-AMINOPURINE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33746601044     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060479t     Document Type: Article

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