Circular dichroism as a means to follow DNA gymnastics:on the shoulders of giants

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2009

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Mills, M
Lin, C
Chauhan, M
Klump, H H
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South African Journal of Science

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University of Cape Town

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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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Faculty of Science
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Abstract
This is the first report of DNA stem-loops self-assembled by 'foot-loop' interactions into either two-dimensional strings or three-dimensional spirals, distinguished by circular dichroism spectroscopy. All subunits are linked by cooperative Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds
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DNA
Circular dichroism
Nanostructures
Stem-loop structures
Self-assembly

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Mills, M., Lin, C., Chauhan, M., & Klump, H. H. (2009). Circular dichroism as a means to follow DNA gymnastics: on the shoulders of giants. South African Journal of Science, 105(7-8), 309-311.

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