Stability and kinetics of G-quadruplex structures

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5482-5515

  Lane, Andrew N ^a   Chaires, J Brad ^a   Gray, Robert D ^a   Trent, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; ION; SOLVENT;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOCIATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA FOLDING; SOLVATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; IONS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 55249109574     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn517     Document Type: Review

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