Effect of loop distortion on the stability and structural dynamics of DNA hairpin and dumbbell conjugates

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 11415-11421

  McCullagh, Martin ^a   Zhang, Ligang ^a   Karaba, Andrew H ^a   Zhu, Huihe ^a   Schatz, George C ^a   Lewis, Frederick D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DNA; DYNAMICS; ETHYLENE; GENES; GLYCOLS; MELTING POINT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

BASE FLIPPING; BASE PAIRS; BASE STACKING; CHEMICAL LIGATION; CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; DNA BASE; DNA HAIRPINS; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FLUXIONAL BEHAVIOR; LOOP REGIONS; MELTING TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR MODELLING; OLIGOETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STRAIN-FREE; THERMAL STABILITY; TIME SCALING; WATSON-CRICK BASE PAIRING;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 52349096310     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp802378a     Document Type: Article

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