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Conformational possibilities of double‐helical nucleic acids: Theory and experiment
Author(s) -
Ivanov V. I.,
Zhurkin V. B.,
Zavriev S. K.,
Lysov Yu. P.,
Minchenkova L. E.,
Minyat E. E.,
FrankKamenetskii M. D.,
Schyolkina A. K.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560160120
Subject(s) - cooperativity , nucleic acid , flexibility (engineering) , helix (gastropod) , nucleosome , dna , transition (genetics) , chemistry , sequence (biology) , crystallography , physics , chemical physics , biology , gene , chromatin , mathematics , biochemistry , ecology , statistics , snail
Abstract This survey covers the following topics: (1) Theoretical calculation of the total multitude of the energetically permitted regular DNA helices. (2) Theoretical study of flexibility of the double helix with emphasis on nucleosome structure. (3) Experimental data on the properties of the B to A transition of DNA in solution: the degree of cooperativity and influence of sequence. (4) The B ‐ A transition and its possible role in genes activation.