Counterion and polythymidine loop-length-dependent folding and thermodynamic stability of DNA hairpins reveal the unusual counterion-dependent stability of tetraloop hairpins

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 13956-13966

  Nayak, Rajesh K ^a   Van Orden, Alan ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED STABILITY; ENTROPIC EFFECTS; EXCESS GIBBS ENERGY; FOLDING KINETICS; HYDROPHOBIC COLLAPSE; STOPPED-FLOW KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC MELTING; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

IONS;

DNA; ION; POLYTHYMIDYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; IONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION; POLY T; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84887948768     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404832d     Document Type: Article

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