G-quadruplexes incorporating modified constituents: A review

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-511

  Sagi, Janos ^a  

^a Rimstone Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

folding topology; modified nucleotides; Quadruplex; stability; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; 6 O METHYLGUANINE; 7 DEAZAGUANINE; 8 (2 PHENYLETHENYL)DIGUANOSINE; 8 (2 PYRIDYL)GUANINE; 8 AMINOGUANINE; 8 AZA 7 DEAZA ISOGUANINE; 8 BROMOGUNAINE; 8 FLUORENYLVINYLDIGUANOSINE; 8 HYDROXYGUANINE; 8 METHYLGUANINE; [2 (PYRID 4 YL)ETHENYL]DIGUANOSINE; ADENINE; APTAMER; DNA; GUANINE; GUANINE DEAMINASE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HYPOXANTHINE; ISOGUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; THREONINE; THROMBIN; TIOGUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APURINIC SITE; APYRIMIDINIC SITE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; RNA FOLDING;

EID: 84889632785     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.775074     Document Type: Article

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