Conformation and dynamics of nucleotides in bulges and symmetric internal loops in duplex DNA studied by EPR and fluorescence spectroscopies

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 420, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 656-661

  Cekan, Pavol ^a   Sigurdsson, Snorri Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aminoxyl radical; ESR; Nitroxide; SDSL; Site directed spin labeling

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SPIN LABELING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DNA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84859597313     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.059     Document Type: Article

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