title: Hydration and solution structure of nucleic acids.
abstract: Of particular interest among the revelations from recent new DNA structures is the finding that both strands of the repeated DNA sequences found in telomeres and centromeres may adopt alternative conformations. High-definition NMR studies yielded information on the residence time of the water molecules interacting with nucleic acids. A better knowledge of the residence time of the hydration water may be useful in assessing its contribution to nucleic acid structure.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Biophysique de l'Ecole Polytechnique et de l'Unité de Recherche Associée, Centre Nationale de La Recherche Scientifique, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kochoyan
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water