MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF A LEFT-HANDED DOUBLE HELICAL DNA FRAGMENT AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION

被引:1974
作者
WANG, AHJ [1 ]
QUIGLEY, GJ [1 ]
KOLPAK, FJ [1 ]
CRAWFORD, JL [1 ]
VANBOOM, JH [1 ]
VANDERMAREL, G [1 ]
RICH, A [1 ]
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[1] STATE UNIV LEIDEN, GORLAEUS LABS, DEPT ORGAN CHEM, LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
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10.1038/282680a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The DNA fragment d(CpGpCpGpCpG) crystallises as a left-handed double helical molecule with Watson-Crick base pairs and an antiparallel organisation of the sugar phosphate chains. The helix has two nucleotides in the asymmetric unit and contains twelve base pairs per turn. It differs significantly from right-handed B-DNA. © 1979 Nature Publishing Group.
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