Unexpected A-form formation of 4′-thioDNA in solution, revealed by NMR, and the implications as to the mechanism of nuclease resistance

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1805-1812

  Matsugami, Akimasa ^a   Ohyama, Takako ^a   Inada, Masashi ^a   Inoue, Naonori ^b   Minakawa, Noriaki ^b   Matsuda, Akira ^b   Katahira, Masato ^a,c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' THIODNA; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; DNA; DNA, A-FORM; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 41849084875     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn011     Document Type: Article

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