Characterization of a K+-induced conformational switch in a human telomeric DNA oligonucleotide using 2-aminopurine fluorescence

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-194

  Gray, Robert D ^a   Petraccone, Luigi ^a,b   Trent, John O ^a   Chaires, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-AMINOPURINE; BINDING POCKETS; BIPHASIC; CONFORMATIONAL ENSEMBLE; CONFORMATIONAL SWITCHES; EQUILIBRIUM TITRATIONS; FLUORESCENT REPORTER; G-QUARTET; HUMAN TELOMERIC DNA; KINETIC STEPS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES; PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT; QUADRUPLEX FORMATION; QUADRUPLEX STRUCTURES; SPECIFIC BINDING; TANDEM REPEATS; TELOMERES; TERTIARY STRUCTURES; TIME CONSTANTS; TWO-STATE; UV ABSORPTION;

BINDING ENERGY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POSITIVE IONS; TOPOLOGY;

GENES;

2 AMINOPURINE; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HYBRID; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIMULATION; TELOMERE; TIME; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

2-AMINOPURINE; BINDING SITES; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 73449111630     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi901357r     Document Type: Article

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