Simple method for determining nucleobase pKa values by indirect labeling and demonstration of a pKa of neutrality in dsDNA

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 10200-10201

  Moody, Ellen M ^a   Brown, Trevor S ^a,b   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PKA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; TITRIMETRY;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GUANINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; THIONUCLEOTIDES; THYMINE;

EID: 4143088173     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja047362h     Document Type: Article

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