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Relaxation kinetics of the helix-coil transition of a self-complementary ribo-oligonucleotide: A7U7. 1977

K J Breslauer, and M Bina-Stein

Relaxation measurements on the kinetics of the double helix to coil transition for the self-complementary ribo-oligonucleotide A7U7 are reported over a concentration range of 6.9 micrometer to 19.6 micrometer in single strand in 1 M NaCl. The rate constants for helix formation are about 2 X 10(6) M-1 s-1 and decrease with increasing temperature yielding an activation enthalpy of -6 kcal/mole. The rate constants for helix dissociation range from 3 to 250 s-1 and increase with increasing temperature yielding an activation enthalpy of +45 kcal/mole. The kinetic data reported here for 1 M NaCl is compared with previously published results obtained at lower salt concentrations. These data are discussed in terms of the quantitative effect of ionic strength on the kinetics of helix-coil transitions in oligo- and polynucleotides.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009690	Nucleic Acid Conformation	The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape.	DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D009841	Oligonucleotides	Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES). (Dorland, 28th ed)	Oligonucleotide
D009843	Oligoribonucleotides	A group of ribonucleotides (up to 12) in which the phosphate residues of each ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.
D011063	Poly A-U	A double-stranded polyribonucleotide comprising polyadenylic and polyuridylic acids.	Polyadenylic-Polyuridylic Acid,Poly r(A-U),Poly(rA)-Poly(rU),Acid, Polyadenylic-Polyuridylic,Poly A U,Polyadenylic Polyuridylic Acid
D013816	Thermodynamics	A rigorously mathematical analysis of energy relationships (heat, work, temperature, and equilibrium). It describes systems whose states are determined by thermal parameters, such as temperature, in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic parameters. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)	Thermodynamic