A novel chair-type G-quadruplex formed by a Bombyx mori telomeric sequence

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 931-938

  Amrane, Samir ^a   Ang, Rita Wan Lin ^a   Tan, Zhong Ming ^a   Li, Chun ^a   Lim, Joefina Kim Cheow ^a   Lim, Jocelyn Mei Wen ^a   Lim, Kah Wai ^a   Phan, Anh Tuǎn ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; POTASSIUM ION; THYMINE; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; MOTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BOMBYX MORI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; G-QUADRUPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TELOMERE;

EID: 63349088711     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn990     Document Type: Article

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