Dynamics and stability of polymorphic human telomeric G-quadruplex under tension

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 8789-8795

  You, Huijuan ^a   Zeng, Xiangjun ^b   Xu, Yue ^a   Lim, Ci Ji ^a,c,d   Efremov, Artem K ^a   Phan, Anh Tuân ^b   Yan, Jie ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; POTASSIUM ION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FOLDING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA UNFOLDING; DYNAMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MAGNETIC TWEEZER; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MECHANICS; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TELOMERE; TENSION;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84905594735     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku581     Document Type: Article

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