Triplex DNA: Fundamentals, advances, and potential applications for gene therapy

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-282

  Chan, Phillip P ^a,b,c   Glazer, Peter M ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gene therapy; oligonucleotide; review; triplex

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRIPLE HELIX;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0030902414     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050112     Document Type: Review

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