The structure of a full turn of an A-DNA duplex d(CGCGGGTACCCGCG)2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-312

  Venkadesh, S ^a   Mandal, P K ^a   Gautham, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

A DNA duplex; Alternating sequence and structure; Crystal packing; Crystal structure; Tetra decanucleotide

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, A-FORM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

TETRA;

EID: 79953677238     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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