X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDY OF A DNA WHICH CONTAINS URACIL.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 143 ·No. 3613 ·1964-03-27 ·Pages 1450-1

LANGRIDGE R, MARMUR J

Abstract

Three-dimensional structure of DNA from PBS2 bacteriophage, which contains uracil in place of the more usual thymine, is the same as that of "normal" DNA. The difference in secondary structure between DNA and RNA thus appears to be due to the 2'-hydroxyl group alone.

Keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS BACTERIOPHAGE CHEMISTRY ANALYTICAL DNA VIRAL EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY RNA VIRAL URACIL X-RAY DIFFRACTION

MeSH Terms

Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophages Chemistry Techniques, Analytical DNA DNA, Viral RNA RNA, Viral Research Thymine Uracil X-Ray Diffraction

Chemicals

DNA, Viral RNA, Viral Uracil RNA DNA Thymine

Authors & Affiliations

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LANGRIDGE R

MARMUR J

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.143.3613.1450

Published

1964-03-27

Pages

1450-1

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3613.1450 View journal details

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