Poly(dG)-poly(dC) DNA appears shorter than poly(dA)-poly(dT) and possibly adopts an A-related conformation on a mica surface under ambient conditions

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 5843-5846

  Borovok, Natalia ^a   Molotsky, Tatiana ^a   Ghabboun, Jamal ^b   Cohen, Hezy ^b   Porath, Danny ^b   Kotlyar, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

A form; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); DNA imaging; Poly(dA) poly(dT); Poly(dG) poly(dC)

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); POLYDEOXYGUANYLIC OLYDEOXYCYTIDYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DNA, A-FORM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; POLY DA-DT; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 36849028060     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.11.058     Document Type: Article

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