Self-association of short DNA loops through minor groove C:G:G:C tetrads

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3264-3275

  Viladoms, Juália ^a   Escaja, Núria ^a   Frieden, Miriam ^a   Gómez Pinto, Irene ^b   Pedroso, Enrique ^a   González, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; FOUR STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GUANINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 67249151403     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp191     Document Type: Article

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