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Internal motions in DNA.

Authors :
Hogan, M E
Jardetzky, O
Source :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; December 1979, Vol. 76 Issue: 12 p6341-6345, 5p
Publication Year :
1979

Abstract

We have measured the 31P and 1H NMR parameters of fractionated double-stranded DNA fragments 600, 300, and 150 base pairs long. The results indicate that, inside an intact double helix, both the deoxyribose and the sugar-phosphate backbone of the helix fluctuate substantially from their equilibrium geometry. The time constant for those coupled motions is of the order of 1 nsec.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00278424 and 10916490
Volume :
76
Issue :
12
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs60425553
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.12.6341