Adaptation of the base-paired double-helix molecular architecture to extreme pressure

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4800-4808

  Girard, Ericeric ^a   Prangé, Thierry ^b   Dhaussy, Anne Claire ^c   Migianu Griffoni, Evelyne ^d   Lecouvey, Marc ^d   Chervin, Jean Claude ^e   Mezouar, Mohamed ^f   Kahn, Richard ^g   Fourme, Roger ^a  

^a SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA A; DNA B; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE PAIRING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA, A-FORM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 34547855107     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm511     Document Type: Article

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