Hydration regulates the thermodynamic stability of DNA structures under molecular crowding conditions

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 589-595

  Miyoshi, Daisuke ^a   Karimata, Hisae ^a,b   Sugimoto, Naoki ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA G quadruplex; Hydration; Molecular crowding; Thermodynaimics

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYDRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 36949016029     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770701490282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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