Nature 232, 236 - 245 (23 July 1971); doi:10.1038/232236a0

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

C. D. BARRY^*, A. C. T. NORTH^*, J. A. GLASEL^†, R. J. P. WILLIAMS^§ & A. V. XAVIER^§

^*Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
^†Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
^§Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

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

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