Karst Hoogsteen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKarst Hoogsteen
biochemist
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1923
Place of Birth: Groningen, Netherlands
Date of Death: 10-Aug-2015
Profession: biochemist
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Karst Hoogsteen
- Karst Hoogsteen (October 1, 1923 – August 10, 2015) was a Dutch-born American biochemist famous for noting a new base pairing form in DNA, now called Hoogsteen base pairs.
- These base pairing intercede in the Watson-Crick base pairing, forging a base pair 'triplex'.
- The Base Pairs use the N7 nitrogen atom as the accepter rather than the N1 as observed in Watson-Crick base pairing.
- This leads to a twisted, non-linear arrangement.
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