Structural and mechanical properties of individual human telomeric G-quadruplexes in molecularly crowded solutions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3915-3923

  Dhakal, Soma ^a   Cui, Yunxi ^a   Koirala, Deepak ^a   Ghimire, Chiran ^a   Kushwaha, Saurabh ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a   Yangyuoru, Philip M ^a   Mao, Hanbin ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ACETONITRILES; BUFFERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84876044953     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt038     Document Type: Article

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