Human telomeric G-quadruplex formed from duplex under near physiological conditions: Spectroscopic evidence and kinetics

Biochimie

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1104-1111

  Zhou, Jun ^a,b   Wei, Chunying ^a,c   Jia, Guoqing ^a,b   Wang, Xiuli ^a,b   Feng, Zhaochi ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Duplex; G quadruplex; Molecular crowding; Structural interconversion

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MACROGOL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67651202337     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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