Thermodynamic stability of Hoogsteen and Watson-Crick base pairs in the presence of histone H3-mimicking peptide.
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| Abstract | :
We found that Hoogsteen base pairs were stabilized by molecular crowding and a histone H3-mimicking peptide, which was not observed for Watson-Crick base pairs. Our findings demonstrate that the type of DNA base pair is critical for the interaction between DNA and histones. |
| Year of Publication | :
2011
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| Journal | :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
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| Volume | :
47
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| Issue | :
10
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| Number of Pages | :
2790-2
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| Date Published | :
2011
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| ISSN Number | :
1359-7345
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| URL | :
https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cc05776b
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| DOI | :
10.1039/c0cc05776b
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| Short Title | :
Chem Commun (Camb)
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