Structural insight into the hTERT intron 6 sequence d(GGGGTGAAAGGGG) from 1H-NMR study

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1133-1137

  Virno, Ada ^a   Mayol, Luciano ^a   Ramos, Andres ^b   Fraternali, Franca ^c   Pagano, Bruno ^d   Randazzo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

hTERT; Intron 6; NMR; Quadruplex

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; INTRON; NEOPLASM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; HUMANS; INTRONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; TELOMERASE;

EID: 36849073618     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770701521854     Document Type: Article

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