RNAs' uracil quartet model with a non-essential metal ion

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作者
Barcelo-Oliver, Miquel [1 ,2 ]
Estarellas, Carolina [1 ]
Terron, Angel [1 ]
Garcia-Raso, Angel [1 ]
Frontera, Antonio [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illes Balears, Dept Quim, E-07122 Palma De Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
[2] Univ Zurich, Inst Inorgan Chem, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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TETRAPLEX;
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10.1039/c1cc10376h
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
We have recently communicated the resemblance of 1-hexyluracil in the crystal state with a lipid bilayer (CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 362-365). Treatment of this molecule with silver nitrate yields a model, using a non-essential metal ion, of a uracil quartet with geometric parameters comparable to those previously found in RNA strands.
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