Diseño de un péptido de unión de ranura menor de ADN específico para G.C

B H Geierstanger1, M Mrksich, P B Dervan

  • 1Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 28, 1994
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores diseñaron un péptido sintético que se une específicamente a las secuencias de ADN ricas en GC, a diferencia de compuestos similares que se unen a regiones ricas en AT. Este descubrimiento avanza en la comprensión del reconocimiento de ADN específico de la secuencia y la unión de ranuras menores.

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