Recent studies on crystal structures of interest to nucleic acids

Abstract

A detailed knowledge of nucleic acid structures requires a study at the level of the component nucleoside/ nucleotide units as well as at the oligomer/polymer level Crystallographic studies of nucleosides and neucleotides have often provided in the past a wealth of information concerning nucleic acid structures and interactions. We mention here some of our recent studies in this area and also some of the preliminary X-ray studies we have carried out on deoxydecanucleotides, as part of our program on DNA structures.