Folding and unfolding pathways of the human telomeric G-quadruplex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1629-1650

  Gray, Robert D ^a   Trent, John O ^a   Chaires, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

circular dichroism; folding intermediates; kinetics; stopped flow; triplex

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOLDING; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA UNFOLDING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FOLDING INTERMEDIATES; KINETICS; STOPPED-FLOW; TRIPLEX;

2-AMINOPURINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84897112570     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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