An Unusual Mode of DNA Duplex Association: Watson-Crick Interaction of All-Purine Deoxyribonucleic Acids

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Battersby, Thomas R ^a   Albalos, Maria ^a   Friesenhahn, Michel J ^a  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIOL

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; ISOGUANINE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PURINE DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; SYBR GREEN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PURINES; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34248530416     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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