Effects of a protecting osmolyte on the ion atmosphere surrounding DNA duplexes

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 8540-8547

  Blose, Joshua M ^a   Pabit, Suzette A ^a   Meisburger, Steve P ^a   Li, Li ^a   Jones, Christopher D ^a   Pollack, Lois ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTRAST MATCHING; COUNTER-ION ATMOSPHERE; DNA DUPLEXES; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLUTES; OSMOLYTES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; PROTEIN-NUCLEIC ACIDS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STACKING INTERACTION;

BIOMOLECULES; DNA; IONS; PROTEINS; SCATTERING; UREA; X RAY SCATTERING;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ACETIC ACID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OSMOLYTE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DNA; IONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 80053602136     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi200710m     Document Type: Article

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