Circular dichroism and conformational polymorphism of DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1713-1725

  Kypr, Jaroslav ^a   Kejnovská, Iva ^a   Renčiuk, Daniel ^a   Vorlíčková, Michaela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE QUADRUPLEX; DNA; DNA A; DNA B; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA Z; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRIPLEX DNA;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; DNA, A-FORM; DNA, Z-FORM; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION;

EID: 64549099313     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp026     Document Type: Review

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