Triplex intermediates in folding of human telomeric quadruplexes probed by microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations

Biochimie

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-35

  Stadlbauer, Petr ^a   Trantírek, Lukáš ^b   Cheatham, Thomas E ^c   Koča, Jaroslav ^b   Šponer, Jiří ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

G DNA folding; Molecular dynamics; Quadruplex; Telomere; Triplex

Indexed keywords

DNA; G DNA TRIPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84907859179     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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