Identification of a pKa-regulating motif stabilizing imidazole-modified double-stranded DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-62

  Buyst, Dieter ^a   Gheerardijn, Vicky ^a   Fehér, Krisztina ^a   Van Gasse, Bjorn ^a,b   Van Den Begin, Jos ^a   Martins, José C ^a   Madder, Annemieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Chevron Technology Ghent   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THYMINE;

BASE MISPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; THYMINE;

EID: 84941091701     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1306     Document Type: Article

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