Intrinsic fluorescence of B and Z forms of poly d(G-m5C) ·poly d(G-m5C), a synthetic double-stranded DNA: Spectra and lifetimes by the maximum entropy method

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 883-893

  Daniels, Malcolm ^a   Hart, Lucas P ^a   Ho, P Shing ^a   Ballini, Jean Pierre ^b,e   Vigny, Paul ^b,c,f   Brochon, Jean Claude ^d,g  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA B; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANOSINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547595413     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b615670c     Document Type: Article

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