Polyethylene glycol binding alters human telomere G-quadruplex structure by conformational selection

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7934-7946

  Buscaglia, Robert ^a   Miller, M Clarke ^a   Dean, William L ^a   Gray, Robert D ^a   Lane, Andrew N ^a   Trent, John O ^a   Chaires, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MACROGOL; WATER; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

ACETONITRILES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POTASSIUM; TELOMERE; WATER;

EID: 84886607439     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt440     Document Type: Article

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