CURVED DNA WITHOUT AA/TT DINUCLEOTIDE STEP

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作者
BRUKNER, I [1 ]
JURUKOVSKI, V [1 ]
KONSTANTINOVIC, M [1 ]
SAVIC, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BELGRADE, FAC SCI, DEPT BIOL, BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
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10.1093/nar/19.13.3549
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The evidence is accumulating that dinucleotide steps other than AA/TT affect DNA flexure of A(n)T(m) (m + n > = 4) containing fragments. However, it is not clear whether macroscopic DNA flexure without AA/TT steps might occur. In this paper we demonstrate the anomaly in electrophoretic mobility of non AA/TT repetitive DNA sequences which is a function of sequence phasing. Therefore, our results show that PyPu (TA) and AG/CT steps, angulary separated by close to 180 degrees from Pu/Py (GC) and GG/CC steps, bend DNA, even in the absence of A(n)T(m) tracts.
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页码:3549 / 3551
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