Epigenetic modification, dehydration, and molecular crowding effects on the thermodynamics of i-motif structure formation from C-Rich DNA

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1586-1594

  Bhavsar Jog, Yogini P ^a   Van Dornshuld, Eric ^a   Brooks, Tracy A ^a   Tschumper, Gregory S ^a   Wadkins, Randy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DEHYDRATION; DNA; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRATION; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; CONFORMATIONAL STATE; DEGREES OF HYDRATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

DNA SEQUENCES;

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; 2 METHOXYETHANOL; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROXYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEHYDRATION; DENSITY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; HYDRATION; I MOTIF STRUCTURE; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; OSMOLALITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; EPIGENOMICS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84898976636     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi401523b     Document Type: Article

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