Measuring the geometry of DNA grooves
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biopolymers
- Vol. 34 (3), 337-346
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.360340305
Abstract
We present a new method for measuring the widths and depths of the grooves formed within DNA helices. This method overcomes the limitations of simply measuring interstrand phosphate–phosphate distances and has the advantage of yielding continuous values for groove geometry along a DNA fragment. In the case of oligonucleotides, it also clearly indicates the zones in which grooves exist, bounded by two phosphodiester backbones. The methodology has been developed within the Curves algorithm for studying irregular DNA geometries and is based on the optimal, and generally curved, helical axis obtained by this analysis. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Keywords
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