Ultra-high resolution DNA structures

Nucleic Acids Symp Ser. 1999:(42):151-2. doi: 10.1093/nass/42.1.151.

Abstract

This paper describes the progress in our efforts at producing ultra-high resolution (< 0.8 A) DNA structures using advanced cryo-crystallography and synchrotron. Our work is aimed at providing reliable geometric (bond length and bond angle), electronic and motional information of DNA molecules in different conformational contexts. These highly-reliable, new structures will be the basis for constructing better DNA force-field parameters, which will benefit the structural refinement of DNA, protein-DNA complexes, and ligand-DNA complexes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Base Sequence
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Daunorubicin / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation*
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / chemistry*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Synchrotrons

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Ligands
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • DNA
  • Daunorubicin