Polymorphism of human telomeric quadruplex structure controlled by DNA concentration: A Raman study

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1005-1016

  Palacký, Jan ^a   Vorlíčková, Michaela ^b,c   Kejnovská, Iva ^b,c   Mojzeš, Peter ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; POTASSIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875473130     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1135     Document Type: Article

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