Structural diversity and extreme stability of unimolecular Oxytricha nova telomeric G-quadruplex

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3389-3396

  Ja, Yil Lee ^a   Yoon, Jeongmin ^a   Hyun, Woo Kihm ^a   Kim, D S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DICHROISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMORPHISM; RESONANCE;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXYTRICHA NOA; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; LITHIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OXYTRICHA; POTASSIUM; SOLUTIONS; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMINE;

STERKIELLA NOVA;

EID: 40849116291     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi702013d     Document Type: Article

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