Direct observation of two cyclohexenyl (CeNA) ring conformations in duplex DNA

Artificial DNA: PNA and XNA

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Robeyns, Koen ^a   Herdewijn, Piet ^b   van Meervelt, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CeNA; Cobalt hexamine; Cyclohexene nucleic acids; Ring conformation; Triplet formation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINE; CARBON; COBALT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; DEUTERIUM; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; HEXITOL NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THYMINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE;

EID: 79952131940     PISSN: 1949095X     EISSN: 19490968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/adna.1.1.10952     Document Type: Article

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