Synthesis of novel di-Se-containing thymidine and Se-DNAs for structure and function studies

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-278

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Hassan, E Abdalla ^a   Huang, Zhen ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

color DNA; phase determination; selenium derivatization of nucleic acids; visualization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; DERIVATIZATIONS; FINE SCATTERING; PHASE DETERMINATION; PHASE PROBLEM; RED-SHIFTED; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

ATOMS; BIOMOLECULES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEINS; SELENIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84879689260     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4800-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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