Betaine structure and the presence of hydroxyl groups alters the effects on DNA melting temperatures

Biopolymers

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Vasudevamurthy, Madhusudan K ^a,b   Lever, Michael ^a,b   George, Peter M ^a   Morison, Ken R ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine; Compensatory solutes; DNA melting; DNA stability; Osmolytes; PCR reagents

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; COMPENSATORY SOLUTES; DNA MELTING; DNA STABILITY; OSMOLYTES; PCR REAGENTS;

ALKYLATION; CARBOXYLATION; COSMIC RAYS; GENES; MELTING; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

DNA;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CATTLE; DNA; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 60149084950     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: 10970282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bip.21085     Document Type: Article

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