The solution structure of double helical arabino nucleic acids (ANA and 2′F-ANA): Effect of arabinoses in duplex-hairpin interconversion

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 9329-9339

  Martín Pintado, Nerea ^a   Yahyaee Anzahaee, Maryam ^b   Campos Olivas, Ramón ^c   Noronha, Anne M ^b,d   Wilds, Christopher J ^b   Damha, Masad J ^b   González, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centro Nacional de Investigations Oncológicas   (Spain)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' FLUORO ARABINO NUCLEIC ACID; ARABINO NUCLEIC ACID; FLUORINE; GLYCOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA MODIFICATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; SEGMENTAL DUPLICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ARABINONUCLEOTIDES; ARABINOSE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; DNA; FLUORINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84867498478     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks672     Document Type: Article

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