Conformation and stability of intramolecular telomeric G-quadruplexes: Sequence effects in the loops

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sattin, Giovanna ^a   Artese, Anna ^b   Nadai, Matteo ^a   Costa, Giosuè ^b   Parrotta, Lucia ^b   Alcaro, Stefano ^b   Palumbo, Manlio ^a   Richter, Sara N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TELOMERE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TELOMERE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893204918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084113     Document Type: Article

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