Crystal structures of oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing 6'-α-methyl and 6'-α-hydroxy carbocyclic thymidines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2396-2403

  Portmann, Stefan ^a,b   Altmann, Karl Heinz ^c   Reynes, Nathalie ^c   Egli, Martin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030906533     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja962406a     Document Type: Article

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