Stacking-unstacking dynamics of oligodeoxynucleotide trimers

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 10277-10284

  Jean, John M ^a   Hall, Kathleen B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONFORMATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; SAMPLING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEOSIDES; TRIMERS;

DNA;

2 AMINOPURINE; DNA BASE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; VISCOSITY;

2-AMINOPURINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 3543088541     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049701p     Document Type: Article

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