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Quantitative Determination of Mononucleotide Conformations in Solution using Lanthanide Ion Shift and Broadening NMR Probes

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A computer treatment is developed for determining the conformations of flexible molecules, such as nucleotides, in aqueous solution.

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,

    C. D. BARRY & A. C. T. NORTH

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut

    J. A. GLASEL

  3. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford,

    R. J. P. WILLIAMS & A. V. XAVIER

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BARRY, C., NORTH, A., GLASEL, J. et al. Quantitative Determination of Mononucleotide Conformations in Solution using Lanthanide Ion Shift and Broadening NMR Probes. Nature 232, 236–245 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232236a0

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