A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of the Energetics of Basepair Opening Pathways in DNA
Coman D, Russu IM. A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of the Energetics of Basepair Opening Pathways in DNA. Biophysical Journal 2005, 89: 3285-3292. PMID: 16126830, PMCID: PMC1366824, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.065763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpening reactionFree energyNuclear magnetic resonance investigationFree energy relationshipsMagnetic resonance investigationNMR spectroscopySolvent protonsProton exchangeEnergy relationshipsTransition stateExchange catalystResonance investigationOpening pathwaysRate of exchangeEquilibrium constantsEnthalpy changeDNA duplexImino protonsReactionNeighboring basesProtonsDifferent temperaturesEnergeticsOpen stateCatalyst