Folding cooperativity in RNA and DNA is dependent on position in the helix

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Siegfried, Nathan A ^a   Metzger, Shana L ^a   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENS; RNA;

DOUBLE STRANDED HELIX; FOLDING COOPERATIVITY; HELIX INITIATION; MUTANT CYCLES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846057040     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061375l     Document Type: Article

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