B-DNA structure is intrinsically polymorphic: Even at the level of base pair positions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3714-3722

  Maehigashi, Tatsuya ^a   Hsiao, Chiaolong ^a   Kruger Woods, Kristen ^a   Moulaei, Tinoush ^a   Hud, Nicholas V ^a   Williams, Loren Dean ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; MAGNESIUM ION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIRING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, B-FORM; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; WATER;

EID: 84860376513     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1168     Document Type: Article

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