Kinetic hybrid i-motifs: Intercepting DNA with RNA to form a DNA2-RNA2 i-motif

Biochimie

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1088-1095

  Chakraborty, Saikat ^a   Krishnan, Yamuna ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; DNA; Fluorescence; Hybrids; i Motif; Nucleic acids; Quadruplex; RNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA STRAND; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MELTING POINT; PH MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHIMERA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RNA;

EID: 45949088130     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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