Single-molecule investigation of G-quadruplex folds of the human telomere sequence in a protein nanocavity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14325-14331

  An, Na ^a   Fleming, Aaron M ^a   Middleton, Eric G ^a   Burrows, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Single molecule detection; hemolysin nanopore

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HEMOLYSIN; NANOMATERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TELOMERE;

EID: 84907685167     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415944111     Document Type: Article

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