Destabilization of i-motif by submolar concentrations of a monovalent cation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4753-4760

  Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Lee, Il Buem ^a   Hyeon, Changbong ^b   Hong, Seok Cheol ^a,b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; KINETICS; LITHIUM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRS; COUNTERIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; KINETICS ANALYSIS; MONOVALENT CATIONS; SPACE BETWEEN; STABILIZING EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS DATA;

POSITIVE IONS;

DNA; LITHIUM; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; DNA; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84900326986     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500120d     Document Type: Article

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