How long is too long? Effects of loop size on G-quadruplex stability

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7858-7868

  Guédin, Aurore ^a,b   Gros, Julien ^b   Alberti, Patrizia ^b   Mergny, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; THYMINE;

EID: 78649850820     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq639     Document Type: Article

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