Reversible conformational switching of i-motif DNA studied by fluorescence spectroscopy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 513-522

  Choi, Jungkweon ^a   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; POLY C; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84876786422     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12042     Document Type: Review

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