Hydroxymethyluracil modifications enhance the flexibility and hydrophilicity of double-stranded DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2085-2092

  Carson, Spencer ^a   Wilson, James ^b   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^b   Weigele, Peter R ^c   Wanunu, Meni ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; THYMINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PENTOXYL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOPORE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DNA DENATURATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPORES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENTOXYL; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THYMINE;

EID: 84963812358     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1199     Document Type: Article

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