Structural property of DNA that migrates faster in gel electrophoresis, as deduced by CD spectroscopy

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 25, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 417-425

  Matsugami, Akimasa ^a   Tani, Keiko ^b   Ouhashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Uesugi, Seiichi ^b   Morita, Mitsunori ^c   Ohyama, Takashi ^c   Katahira, Masato ^a,d,e  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Form; Bent DNA; CD; Satellite DNA

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; PURINE; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSFER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747617082     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770600684068     Document Type: Article

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