Conformations of individual quadruplex units studied in the context of extended human telomeric DNA.
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G-quadruplex conformations within a sequence of three quadruplex units of human telomeric DNA were studied by two-frequency pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In contrast to some individual G-quadruplexes, within the higher-order human telomeric sequence a (3+1) hybrid structure is formed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 48 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012